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From plague 'searchers' to strawberry birthmarks: a history of women's bodies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Graphic photo collage of early 20th-century women engaged in sports—a mountaineer holding a rope, two women practicing jujitsu or grappling, and a golfer swinging a club—set against diagonal pink and blue stripes

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"No votes, no golf!": how the suffragettes made sport a political battlefield. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two overlapping circular portraits against a teal background: a Renaissance painting of Isabella d’Este on the left and a photograph of author Sarah Dunant on the right

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"She made an impact without being sexually attractive": why this Renaissance fashionista is my history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo still from a period drama set in an overgrown grassy meadow. Two young women in early 19th-century dresses — one in gray with braided hair, the other in a lilac gown — stand close together, while a man in a green greatcoat, dark waistcoat, and tall brown top hat points off to the side, looking in that direction. Tall trees and hedgerows form the background under an overcast sky

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Is Sense and Sensibility a true reflection of life in Georgian Britain? The real history behind the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel

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In 1895, a Chicago housewife left her family to cycle around the world. But was it all a hoax?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A person with light hair and glasses sits in a garden beside a stone wall, surrounded by blooming red roses and green plants. They wear a brown dress with white polka dots and rest one arm on their knee while the other hand supports their chin, giving a relaxed, contemplative pose.

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"In the 1640s, people searched for the devil’s followers”: hunting witches in the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit together in an open carriage, smiling and waving to crowds following their wedding at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Harry wears military uniform, while Meghan wears a white wedding dress and veil.

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From Nell Gwyn to Meghan Markle: 9 romances between actors and royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image of a young Tudor woman in a pearl-trimmed headdress and red brocade gown with pearl and gold jewelry, layered over a smaller figure in a striped cap and a red-tinted background sketch of a crowded court scene

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Fooling around in front of royalty: the extraordinary escapades of Europe's female jesters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Frida Kahlo: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How the Americas transformed Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6Zenobia: The queen who challenged the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Have we got ancient women's sexuality all wrong?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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I was so inspired by Harriet Jacobs that I wrote a song about her: Corinne Bailey Rae on her history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Zheng Yi Sao: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black‑and‑white collage places a woman in ornate formal clothing and a fur stole at the front. Behind her are images of snow‑covered mountain peaks, roped climbers, and a smaller figure holding a newspaper with the headline “Votes for Women.”

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"She saw off bandits with her revolver": the unbelievable adventures of Fanny Bullock Workman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of women work in an early 20th‑century industrial laundry, standing around large wash basins filled with clothing. The high‑ceilinged room has pipes, machinery, and washing equipment visible in the background.

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"This would be your place for the rest of your life": the haunting history of Ireland's Magdalene laundries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pericles: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sex and the Stuarts: inside 17th-century London's most notorious brothel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"Cleopatra was sexualised and romanticised": here's why we've been getting royal women wrong. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bess of Hardwick: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Abigail Adams: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"If she had been a man there would be a statue of her": the amazing life of an unsung Victorian scientist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Charlotte Brontë's life through clothes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emma Goldman: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A close-up view of a printed map of the United States. A small American flag pin sits in the centre of the country, surrounded by several red location markers placed across western, central, and eastern regions. Visible map labels include “United States,” “Colorado Plateau,” “Oklahoma City,” “Dallas,” “Lake Huron,” “Lake Erie,” “Indianapolis,” and “Appalachian.” The image emphasises geographic points of interest across the country.

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From LA glitz to Indy's legendary car races: which city is the true epicentre of American sport?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Strangers and aliens in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What myths do we tell about royal women?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The hidden history of female sexual pleasure. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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