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An overturned vehicle on tramlines as a blockage to traffic during the General Strike of 1926

A brief history of strike action . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudors play real tennis, a precursor to the modern game of tennis

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An angry crowd of around 400 miners blockade National Coal Board boss Ian McGregor inside a colliery office at Ellinton Colliery, 22 February 1984

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Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour (Photos by Getty and Alamy)

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Elizabeth Gaskell – “Mrs Gaskell” – was instrumental in bringing the unpleasant implications of industrialisation to the public conscious. (Photo by Getty Images)

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1842 self-portrait of Sarah Biffin

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Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête.

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The effigy of King John on his tomb in Worcester Cathedral

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A lodger disputes his bill with his landlady in this 1812 print by Thomas Rowlandson

What was it like being a renter in Georgian London? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England

The Interregnum: Britain’s republican decade . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra's Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman

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