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Our illustration imagines the Suffolk woman Olivia Cranmer, who carved out a successful career managing the family plot of land in the wake of the Black Death. (Illustration by Sarah Young)
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Lucy Worsley on three extraordinary lives The survivor, the 'incurable' and the scapegoat . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Nell Darby WL
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Crime & punishment in Britain: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of William Shakespeare
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History quiz – language and literature . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hannah Rose Woods Brit Nostalgia WL
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Has Britain always looked backwards? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Mark Knights WL
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Shady deals & rigged elections: the changing face of corruption . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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View of Windsor Castle's East Terrace
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Fit for a queen Elizabeth II's royal residences . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Owen Davies WL
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Witchcraft: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)
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“Ghoul-like beyond nightmare dream, they were the living dead”: belief in Vampires through history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Side profile illustration of Mansa Musa accompanied by the text 'The History Rich List'
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The history rich list: the 10 wealthiest people ever

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Aerial view of Piccadilly Circus in London.
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London history quiz Test your knowledge . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Jacob Mchangama WL
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Free speech: a brief, contentious history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Giles Tremlett WL
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Spain’s tumultuous story . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Matt Green WL
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Britain’s lost towns and villages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kris Manjapra “Black communities have had to pay for the failures of emancipation” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The failings of emancipation . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.