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Scene depicting rural life in Stuart Britain. (via Getty Images)

Stuart Britain: what was life like for ordinary people?

A woman votes for the first time in 1918 Britain

What was the 1918 Representation of the People Act?

A portrait of James Gordon Bennett, Jr (1841–1918), by Alexis Joseph Perignon, 1867. (Photo by The New York Historical Society/Getty Images)

Q&AWhy do we say ‘Gordon Bennett’?

Pyramids at Giza. (DEA/A Vergani/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Ancient Egyptian family trees: are present-day Egyptians the descendants of the ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids?

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Q&AWhy do Americans call the British ‘limeys’?

Italian poet Francesco Petrarch

Q&AHow and when did the medieval period get its name?

Photo of a horse

Why do we say 'horse of a different colour'?

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Q&AWhy do we say ‘resting on your laurels’?

When did Ancient Egypt start and end?

First World War

In WW1, what did the Allies want to achieve?

Q&AWhy were people of noble birth said to be ‘blue blooded’?

Beat the teacher quiz: could you pass Year 7 history?

Second World War soldiers

Second World War

QuizTest your knowledge of WW2 history

What did people eat in Ancient Egypt?

The Stygian Lake in the Fifth Circle of Hell from from Dante’s epic poem 'The Inferno'. The phrase "Paint the town red" may originate from the sentence in the poem "we are they who painted the world scarlet with sins". (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&AWhy do we say ‘Paint the town red’?

How many years of its existence has Britain been at war?