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Zeinab Badawi (Photo by Jamie Simonds)

Zeinab Badawi on writing the history of a whole continent | “It is important to look at African history through the lens of African people themselves” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Benjamin Franklin and the kite experiment

Benjamin Franklin’s greatest inventions – and famous kite experiment

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OJ Simpson confers with lawyers during his murder trial

What the OJ Simpson trial revealed about modern America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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25 April

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A 19th-century depiction of the retreat of the Vandals from Rome

The Vandals: a victim of Roman cancel culture? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero Steve Backshall chooses Alfred Russel Wallace . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A 19th-century portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb, Anglo-Irish aristocrat, novelist and lover of Lord Byron, by English painter Thomas Phillips (Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Lady Caroline Lamb: Antonia Fraser on a rule-breaking aristocrat . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shakespeare, depicted in a later image based on a contemporary portrait

Race, love & money: 8 Shakespeare plays that reveal the past . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A diorama of London houses, churches and shops carved into the walls of Wellclose Gaol

Georgian art attack: graffiti in 18th-century Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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