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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

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A sketch of a young woman miner pulling a cart filled with coal. From the report of the Royal Commission, c1842. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The scandal of female miners in 19th-century Britain

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Hampton Court Palace

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A big day in history: a royal icon is stabbed through the heart

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A 19th century lithograph showing the town of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (Florilegius/SSPL/Getty Images)

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Sudley House, Liverpool

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An illustration titled ‘The petition for abolishing the slave trade’, from Amelia Opie’s ’The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar’, London, 1826. “Come, listen to my plaintive ditty,/Ye tender hearts, and children dear!/And, should it move your souls to pity,/Oh! try to end the griefs you hear.” (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)

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A Victorian drawing room with pictures in heavy frames and ornately covered furniture, c1860. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British Conservative politician who served twice as prime minister. (Chris Hellier/Corbis via Getty Images)

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A 19th-century woodblock print of Edo, now known as Tokyo. (GraphixaArtis/Getty Images)

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Arundel Castle, West Sussex

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Clearwell Caves, Gloucestershire

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Sue Townsend admires Charles Dickens (pictured c1960) for his battles against social injustice. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

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What are the origins of the ‘mutes’ that attended Victorian funerals?