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An engraving depicting London's Piccadilly Circus heaving with crowds on their way to The Great Exhibition of 1851. A banner reading 'God save the Queen and Prince Albert' has been strung across the street. Within the Crystal Palace some 100,000 objects were displayed – taking up ten miles of space – the work of 15,000 contributors. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill on roller skates

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2020 Christmas history podcast quiz . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Chris Harding gives a lecture on Japan’s attempts to carve out a place for itself in a world dominated by western power and culture

Japan and the west . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard III, Queen Victoria and Henry VIII. (Photos by Getty Images)

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Robert Colls discusses the importance of sport to English society over the past 200 years. (Image by Getty Images)

England’s sporting obsession . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Even the ancient Egyptian played board games – this fresco from the tomb of Nefertari shows the queen playing Senet

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'Merry Christmas' Victorian illustration of Santa Claus holding toys and blowing on a trumpet, chromolithograph, 1915. (Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

Father Christmas and Santa Claus: a brief history of two Christmas champions

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David Olusoga “Desks went from a niche furniture item to the work station of millions” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest

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