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Three coal miners. (Photo by W. Eugene Smith/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

History through the eyes of the working man

The ‘beautiful’ game?

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Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis

Illustration by Glen McBeth.

Q&A: How far back in time would I have to go until I couldn’t understand what people were saying?

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Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

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Elizabeth I: the monarch behind the mask

Illustration by Femke De Jong

The generational shift from home births to hospitals

A depiction of Hannibal at the battle of Trasimene, which is

A big day in history: Hannibal smashes his foes “at the very gates of Rome”

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The 1832 Reform Act made wide-ranging changes to the British electoral system, creating 67 new constituencies, disenfranchising 56 boroughs and reducing another 31 to a single MP. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

When the people spoke: the Great Reform Act . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tironensian communities such as that of Kelso Abbey were particularly popular in Scotland. (Heartland-Arts/Getty Images)

Where history happened: the monastic revolution . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft.

History hero Jo Brand chooses Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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New Mary Rose museum opens in Portsmouth

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Helmingham Hall, Suffolk

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Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages