Victorian

The archaeologist and explorer Gertrude Bell (1868-1926). (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Gertrude Bell: adventurer, diplomat, mountaineer and anti-suffragette

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Benjamin Disraeli, former prime minister of Great Britain.

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Margam Park, Port Talbot

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Jackfield Tile Museum, Telford

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Illustration by Jonty Clark, based on Alfred Russel Wallace's 1868 map.

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In 1926, a time of social and political strife, the country unified in celebrating the birth of Princess Elizabeth. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

6 royal births that rocked a nation

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General prehistory

Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

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

History through the eyes of the working man

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Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

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Dawyck Botanic Garden, Scottish Borders

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Visit historic Conwy

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The story behind Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

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Grosvenor Museum, Chester

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Polperro Museum, Cornwall

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Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The 16th president of the United States

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