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Brazil's soccer star Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates and fans after Brazil won the ninth World Cup final against Italy. (AP Photo)

Brazil: where sport and politics have always mixed

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

The Library First ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history

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Portrait of Ian Morris

Books interview with Ian Morris: “War can be a productive force in that it produces larger, more peaceful societies” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thomas Malthus and Wilkie Collins . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victorian burials and the history of psychology . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The inmates' dining hall at the Poplar Poor Law Union workhouse in London, 1903. Though it was widely reviled, the Poor Law would survive another 45 years. (Mary Evans)

Living in the shadow of the workhouse

Portrait of a young Queen Victoria, c1850, by F Winterhalter

How the killing of Queen Victoria’s personal chef changed Anglo-German relations

Daniele Manin proclaiming the Republic of Venice, 22 March 1848. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/A. Dagli Orti/Bridgeman Images)

1848: the year of revolutions

Chinese irregular cavalry and infantry from the north-western provinces move towards the front during the 1894–95 war

China’s wars

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Ballarat 1854 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victorian vigour and a remarkable family . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robert Cornelius poses for the camera in what is believed to be the world's first self-portrait produced by a photograph, 1839. (Robert Cornelius/Getty Images)

Self-portraits: How people took selfies in the past

A policeman feels the full force of a blast in this illustration – from the 7 June 1884 issue of 'The Illustrated Police News' – depicting a Fenian attack on Scotland Yard. The Fenians' dynamite campaign of the early 1880s provoked a radical response from the British government. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Victorian war on terror

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Beaumaris Gaol, Anglesey, Wales. The prison could accommodate up to 30 inmates under the so-called 'silent system', in which inmates slept in separate cells at night but worked and attended chapels and classes together during the day. (Ashley Cooper via Getty Images)

History Explorer: 19th-century prison reform . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The then Princess Alexandra pictured here in 1884 wearing the high-necked, feminised version of the male suit that became associated with her. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Who’s the best-dressed Briton in history?