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8 weird and wonderful Victorian discoveries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did people wear in Ancient Egypt?

The dangerous streets of ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval universities and an unlikely friendship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The undignified fates of the bodies of Anglo-Saxon kings in the medieval period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gallipoli and famine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saladin and suffragettes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval immigration: “They’re heavy drinkers, barbarous and full of guile”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Steven Weinberg: "The history of science can prevent us from making the mistakes of the past". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Magna Carta, the Roman Republic and the Enlightenment: 11 historical concepts explained in minutes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Victorians’ surprisingly liberal attitude towards gay men. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did people in the Tudor period eat?

9 people you didn’t know made history swimming in the River Thames. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&ADid the Thames used to freeze over?

Welcome to Britannia: Roman Britain in AD 130. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Five things you didn’t know about the Caucasus

Dormice, ostrich meat and fresh fish: the surprising foods eaten in ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From rations to ready meals: the transformation of the nation’s diet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Food from the past and the history of illegitimacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: strange creatures through history

Q&AWhat was 'pigging'?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why do we say 'horse of a different colour'?

The Victorians’ grisly fascination with murder. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mistresses through history: the term wasn’t always about secret sex

A brief history of medieval magic

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History explorer: Life in the Victorian workhouse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Selfridges: 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the department store

In picturesVictorian Valentine's Cards

Amazing inventions and London after dark. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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