People watching the Royal Wedding

United Kingdom

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Lady killers: what 5 murder cases can reveal about the lives of women in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wrens help transport a torpedo to a submarine in Portsmouth, 1943. The WRNS was viewed as the most exclusive of the women’s auxiliary services (Photo by Lt. J A Hampton/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)

Second World War

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Suffragettes attempt to attack the house by airship. Miss Muriel Matters with megaphone, Hendon airfields, London. 16th February 1909

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Rob Roy MacGregor by George Shearer. Scottish folk hero and outlaw.

The real Rob Roy

Women's rights in the 20th century: what happened after the vote was won?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lord Byron

Everything you wanted to know about the Romantics

Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tales of romanceThe historical love stories behind 5 British castles. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.

A witch feeds her familiars in this illustration from the 1579 pamphlet about Windsor woman Elizabeth Stile (Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

Forgotten TudorsWhat the lives of ordinary people tell us about Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Brian Epstein (centre) with the Beatles, who he managed from 1962 until his death in 1967 (Photo by Harry Benson/Getty Images)

Brian EpsteinThe brilliant but troubled man behind The Beatles

Sat in his Spitfire adorned with Figaro the Cat is decorated Second World War fighter pilot Ian Gleed, who had to hide his homosexuality (Photo by Royal Air Force Official Photographer/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)

Second World War

Hiding in plain sightThe prejudice and tolerance of homosexuality in WW2 armed forces

A composite image showing the Edwardians

QuizHow well do you know the Edwardian era?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

OpinionWhy the Edwardian era remains relevant today. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Edwardian family seated at a dinner table

What was life like for women in Edwardian Britain?

Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779.

What great paintings sayDido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward Tull-Warnock, who qualified as one of the first black dentists in Britain

The forgotten contributions of black Edwardians in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nancy Astor campaigning

How the battle for female suffrage in Britain was won. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Edward VII in his coronation robes.

Edward VIIA guide to the king who ruled over the Edwardian age

A composite image showing the Edwardians

The Edwardian era: a history guide and timeline of Britain in the reign of Edward VII

Diners watch a waitress chalk up the dishes offered on the day's menu at a British Restaurant in Gillingham, 1941. (Photo by Reuben Saidman/ Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Eat for victory: the British Restaurants of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An effigy of Henry III

The Plantagenet royal dynasty: England's ultimate family drama

Enoch Powell against a union jack flag

Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech: Britain and race in the mid 20th-century

Two women share a tender moment, c1902

Q&AHas it ever been a crime to be lesbian in England?

Soldiers drafted in to work during a coal porters’ strike in London, shovelling coal

The Great Unrest: what caused the industrial action of 1911–14?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Three of the children of Henry VII: Prince Henry; Arthur Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret

Royal rivalries10 of the most famous sibling relationships. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952

A brief history of Boxing Day

Christmas merriment in an old English manor in the 1500s

How to host a medieval Christmas. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The characters Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, from Charles Dickens's work 'A Christmas Carol'

Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas as we know it today?

An illustration of the Great Fire of London, c1675. St Paul's Cathedral is seen in flames (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

What if...The Great Fire of London never happened?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.