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Frozen Charlotte dolls: the Victorian Barbie

London crowds celebrating the signing of the armistice at the end of the First World War.

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Charlotta Bass: the first woman of colour to run for US vice president

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A vessel at sea comes across the mythical ghost ship The Flying Dutchman

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Seven of history’s most disturbing ghost ship stories that will haunt your dreams

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Imperial spectacle: inside Britain’s 1924 ‘Empire Exhibition’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Croydon Aerodome, pictured in 1926. Two years earlier, Matthews’ threat to sell his ‘Death Ray’ to a French party had sparked a dash to this airfield by investors determined to stop him. (Photo by Getty Images)

Amazing lives Harry Grindell Matthews: the strangely inventive mind behind the aerophone and Death Ray . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Amazing lives Emily Anderson: the secret life of Britain’s most senior female wartime codebreaker . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Police chase demonstrators during the 1936 battle of Cable Street

When Mosley’s fascists took on East End London and lost: the Battle of Cable Street explained