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Queen Elizabeth II, in March 2022 - the year of her platinum jubilee (Photo by Getty Images)

Britain's golden jubilees: from George III to Elizabeth II. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

What great paintings sayMarriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête by William Hogarth, c1743–45. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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.

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, at dusk

9 places where British astronomy flourished. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen

Q&AWho were the Ladies of Llangollen?

HistoryExtra's Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman

HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy BormanRestoration to Regency (1660–1837). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Catherine the Great: inoculation pioneer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scene of the Peterloo Massacre

Q&AWhy do we say "Read the Riot Act"?

Polish coat of arms on red background

Poland and Ukraine’s shared history: how dreams of nationhood endure. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Benjamin Franklin: portrait of a revolutionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin c1770 urging the colonies to unite and resist British rule. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Benjamin Franklin: from British patriot to American hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What if…George III hadn't 'lost' the colonies?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton season 2

How to succeed in Regency courtship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bridgerton: behind the scenes of season 2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A drawing of a Georgian woman in a wide dress and a towering wig

How to survive in the Georgian court. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. (Photo by Archimage/Alamy Stock Photo)

Through the keyhole: how the finest mansions in Georgian Britain were furnished. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor meet for a dance in Bridgerton

Q&AHow did people learn to dance in Baroque and Regency times?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Napoleonic Wars: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Flora MacDonald, who found fame as a Jacobite heroine sailing Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety

Who was Flora MacDonald?

Illustration showing a scene from the Battle of Moore's Creek

The Highlanders of North Carolina & the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gardens and the scientific revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Radical women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Remains of croft, abandoned during the Scottish Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances: a historian’s guide to a century of eviction

A portrait of Caroline of Ansbach

Caroline of Ansbach: why George II's remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics

The American Revolutionary War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Q&AWho was the Grand Old Duke of York?

Valentine's celebrations in historyFrom fertility festivals to the first cards

John Wilkes Booth flees the theatre after shooting US president Abraham Lincoln

Q&AWhy do we say ‘your name is mud’ – and what does it have to do with Abraham Lincoln?

The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

Georgian Britain: the highs and lows of a transformative age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.