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Love and marriage in Tudor England

From loincloths to corsets: a brief history of underwear with Horrible Histories’ Greg Jenner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christianity’s rocky relationship with sex. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life in the workhouse and British biographies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Living through the Crusades: 3 poems and songs that reveal how medieval people felt about the holy war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What clothes did people wear in the Tudor period?

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In pictures: early Victorian photography

Q&AWhy are there 24 hours in a day?

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Q&AWho invented champagne?

Q&AWhy do we say ‘turn a blind eye’?

Waking up with Plato: the history of our morning routine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I and an unlikely suffragette. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain in 1945: Life in the shadow of victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy do we say ‘resting on your laurels’?

9 ways our food shopping habits have changed since 1947. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why did Hippocrates eat earwax?

Britain’s love/hate relationship with ‘foreigners’ during the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did people eat in Ancient Rome?

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Top 10 history quizzes of 2014

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Sexy shoes: 5 things our footwear has said about us through history

Pistols at dawn: duelling in the Victorian age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History Explorer: Life in the Bronze Age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: the history of Marvel comic books

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Wassail punch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pleb: a history of the word that sparked ‘plebgate’

Tudor dining: a guide to food and status in the 16th century

History explorer: The gunpowder plot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Peasants’ Revolt: did Richard II side with the rebels?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Revolutions in Europe and forensics in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy do we say ‘can’t hold a candle to…’?

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