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North West Museum of Road Transport, St Helens

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Keith Lowe The trouble with historical monuments . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was Britain the only country to use children to sweep chimneys?

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Portrait of physician Elizabeth Blackwell. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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My history hero: Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Greek slavery, Victorian heroism and Dan Snow on cars . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Victorian telegraph and Dan Snow on his new series . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hylands House, Essex

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Britain’s waterways have enjoyed a renaissance since the Second World War. (Photo by George W Johnson/Getty Images)
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History explorer: Britain’s inland waterways . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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When Victoria wed, she wore white so the crowds could see her from afar. (Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)
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The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman

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Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall

A painting from a new exhibition at the V&A Museum in London. 'The Cult of Beauty' explores the 19th-century artistic movement of Aestheticism.
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The cult of beauty

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Is it true that a huge brawl once broke out among MPs in the House of Commons in the 19th century?

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The 19th-century political and social theorist Karl Marx; co-author (with Friedrich Engels) of The Communist Manifesto (1848). (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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