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The 1832 Reform Act made wide-ranging changes to the British electoral system, creating 67 new constituencies, disenfranchising 56 boroughs and reducing another 31 to a single MP. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

When the people spoke: the Great Reform Act . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tironensian communities such as that of Kelso Abbey were particularly popular in Scotland. (Heartland-Arts/Getty Images)

Where history happened: the monastic revolution . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft.

History hero Jo Brand chooses Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aerial view of the Roman fort of Vercovicium

10 places where history was made

German soldiers with a horse-drawn cart during the retreat from Ukraine in 1943. The idea of Teutonic efficiency was a triumph of Nazi spin, says James Holland. (Keystone/Getty Images)

The great misconceptions of the Second World War

The Library Britain’s brutal battles for hearts and minds

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Elizabeth Woodville, the queen consort of the Yorkist king Edward IV, was a character in the BBC historical drama 'The White Queen'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with ‘The White Queen’ writer Philippa Gregory . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A cartoonist's depiction of the Ely and Littleport riots. For the Tory government at the time, the riots were a

A big day in history: Rioters give East Anglia’s rich and respectable a fright

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). I think it's safe to say that not everyone in the establishment was devastated by his death at Trafalgar, says Johnny Vaughan. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Spanish Armada: England’s lucky escape

A Pompeian fresco from the first century showing a woman tuning a musical instrument. Excavations at the partially buried Roman city reveal that women played a prominent role in the home, and that they took personal grooming very seriously indeed. (Photo by: Werner Forman/UIG via Getty Images)

At home with the Romans

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The story behind Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

This 14th-century miniature shows men enjoying a glass of red wine. Alcohol features prominently in medieval and Tudor accounts of breakfast. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How the Tudors invented breakfast