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Historical recipeCarrot pudding

Adam Henson and Robert Bakewell

My history heroAdam Henson chooses Robert Bakewell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hannah HumphreyEntrepreneurial Georgian printseller. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

From Walpole to TrussLessons from the 300-year history of the British prime minister. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1773 allegorical engraving of the three powers partitioning Poland

Why we should remember…the first Partition of Poland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Edward Jenner

My history heroDame Sarah Gilbert chooses Edward Jenner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Ginger Rogers

Q&AWhen did people start wearing sunglasses?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of William IV

Your guide to William IV, the ‘sailor king’

Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893

From Oscar Wilde to David Irving: 9 landmark libel & defamation cases through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, the final completed novel by Jane Austen

Persuasion“The essence and spirit of Austen’s work are fundamentally changed”

The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the ‘Tory’ group in parliament which emerged in the last quarter of the 17th century and, led by Lord Bolingbroke (pictured) and Robert Harley, held power during the final years of Queen Anne’s reign. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Why are they called Tories?A brief history of the Conservative Party. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

c1400 farmer ploughing a field.

6 of the most catastrophic weather events in British history

A Maria Spilsbury painting of a group sat at a drawing room table

Regency romance and a real-life Anne Elliot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting showing the surrender at Yorktown – a man on a horse moves between two lines of cavalry

When and how did the American Revolution end?

The battle of Brooklyn (aka the battle of Long Island), 27 August 1776

American Revolutionary War: the 9 battles that made the United States

A late 18th-century portrait of proto-feminist and first lady Abigail Adams

Women in the American Revolution: what were their lives like?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of silversmith Paul Revere, with his head resting on his hand.

19 key figures of the American Revolution, from royals to revolutionaries

A portrait of Benjamin Franklin. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Treaty of Paris 1783: how to negotiate an exit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The first major clash of the war of American independence, at Bunker Hill

Tea, taxes and the taking up of arms: a timeline of the American Revolution

A fierce clash between colonists and British troops in Boston on 5 March 1770

The American Revolution: your guide to the 18th-century war of independence

An oil painting by Benjamin West shows some of the main belligerents of the Seven Years’ War, a conflict that lay the foundations for future discord between Native Americans and the British and French empires

How did the American Revolution begin?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1779 cartoon showing the United States as a horse, unseating its rider, George III

Q&ADid George III read the American Declaration of Independence?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

On the streets of 19th-century London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Mr Malcolm and Freida Pinto as Selina Dalton in Mr Malcolm's List

What was on Mr. Malcolm’s List? The real history behind the Regency romance

Casanova: more than a serial seducer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The fourth earl of Sandwich, contemplating a sandwich in a thought bubble

Did the Earl of Sandwich invent the sandwich?

Why we should remember…Charles Babbage's Difference Engine

A stained glass portrait of Dr Samuel Johnson in 17 Gough Square, London Inns court c1989.

"A useful time-capsule of Georgian life": Samuel Johnson and his remarkable dictionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.