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Four police officers, members of the Bow Street Horse Patrol, pose for a photograph with a horse.

The rise of the Great British ‘bobby’: a brief history of Britain’s police service

A picturesque scene in Bruges, Belgium

My favourite place: Bruges, Belgium

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The failings of the French Revolution . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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11 shocking moments in history

An archive photo of the Bevin Boys. The name was given to the conscripted workforce that provided Britain with coal during the Second World War. (Courtesy of Mining Art Gallery, Bishop Auckland)

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Old Wardour Castle

Britain’s 7 most amazing ruins

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A contemporary pictorial depiction of the Great Plague.

The Black Death: the historians’ view . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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500 years of medicine . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Street urchins in Lambeth, London, 19th century

Escaping the workhouse: the Victorian war on child poverty

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Michael Wood on… slavery . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lauren Mackay

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Podcast: Were the suffragettes terrorists?

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Richard Burbage: the vanishing act of the star who outshone Shakespeare

English actor Trevor Howard as Captain William Bligh on the set of 'Mutiny On The Bounty', directed by Lewis Milestone, 1962. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Q&A Was Captain Bligh hated by the crew of the Bounty?

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Q&A: Samuel Morse invented the Morse code, but how did he do it, how long did it take, and how long before it was accepted?