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Weird and wonderful history

Self-portraits: How people took selfies in the past

Ye olde travel guide: Caracas 1783. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

First ever kangaroo and dingo paintings to remain in UK

Top 5 Jane Austen recipes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho was the last Groom of the Stool?

Researchers go into battle to test Bronze Age weapons

‘Earliest portrait of guinea pig’ revealed in unseen painting

The master of dressage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&A: How far back in time would I have to go until I couldn’t understand what people were saying?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A noisy history of the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Q&AQ&A: Have twins ever been in line for the throne?

Where history happened: the circus in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A big day in history: Japanese planes attack Los Angeles. Or do they?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&A: Where does the word ‘crack’, describing military units, originate?

The day a Mexican farmer had a vision of the Virgin Mary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Victorian trade in dead bodies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Q&A: When was the first wheelchair introduced?

Medieval underwear: bras, pants and lingerie in the Middle Ages

Bad sports? Puritan attempts to ban games in 17th-century England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was a nine-year-old boy imprisoned for making a joke about Louis XIV’s bald head?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryMedieval tourism: pilgrimages and tourist destinations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A: How did the Romans write fractions?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What are the origins of the ‘mutes’ that attended Victorian funerals?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

The phone call

17th-century nuns on the run. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A history of British sport. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beware what you buy: the goods German citizens were forbidden to consume. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Drowning in Tudor England: why was water so dangerous?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How far could a person expect to travel in a single day on horseback or in a stagecoach?

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