Illustration of strange creatures

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Medieval

5 festive facts from BBC Two’s QI

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Making of Blodeuwedd, the false flower-woman of Welsh myth. (Photo by Ivy Close Images/Alamy)

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Medieval

In pictures: Medieval women

Edwardian

Q&AWhy do we say ‘in the limelight’?

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

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19th-century men in traditional dress, Marken Island, Netherlands.

General ancient history

Q&AWhen were trousers first worn?

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell. This is one of several replicas of a portrait by Sir Peter Lely. Cromwell is supposed to have said: “I desire you would use all your skill to paint your picture truly like me… but remark all these roughness, pimples, warts and everything as you see me. Otherwise, I will never pay a farthing for it.”

Stuart

Why do we say 'warts and all'?

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Winston Churchill with a bulldog mascot as he leaves the Wanstead Conservative Club in his Woodford, Essex constituency on general election day, 23 February 1950. (Photo by Central Press/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Second World War

Q&AWhat is the significance of the British Bulldog?

Medieval banquet: saying grace before meal. From an engraving of an illuminated medieval Royal Manuscript. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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The ‘Spruce Girls’ wearing their specially made wooden bathing suits in 1929. (Credit: © Historic Collection / Alamy)

Second World War

6 weird inventions in history

'The Cricket on the Hearth' published in 1845 by Charles Dickens. (Image by Getty)

Period

Cats in history: 3 curious tributes

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BBC History Magazine

8 weird and wonderful pictures from the past

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Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

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Victorian

In pictures: Victorian life

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The daily hustle and bustle in the busy fishing port of Newlyn in Penzance, Cornwall, c1870. (Photo by Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian

Top 10 historical Cornish words

Victorian

In pictures: Blackpool beach through time

Children running down a street

Georgian

Q&AWhy do we say ‘run amok’?

Medieval

7 things that happened in August through history

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General Modern

5 historical space travel facts

Period

5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

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