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Vod Life - Lord Byron WL

Video podcast Lord Byron: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of Lord Byron and his Muse

“Mad, bad and dangerous to know”: the scandalous life of Lord Byron

The outlaw Johannes Bückler, also known as Schinderhannes

Q&A Who was Schinderhannes and why is he known as the ‘German Robin Hood’?

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English poet, one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets.

Lord Byron: 9 objects that defined the infamous poet’s life and story . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Vod Life - Mary Wollstonecraft WL

Video podcast Mary Wollstonecraft: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British prime minister Harold Wilson, March 1967. (Photo by Michael Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Harold Wilson: 5 facts about the Labour Party prime minister

Margaret Beaufort, shown in a c16th‐century oil on panel painting

Margaret Beaufort: mother of the Tudors

Portrait of Mary Surratt

The real history of Mary Surratt’s controversial role in the Lincoln conspiracy

Mary Villiers and Julianne Moore

Who was the real Mary Villiers?

The real George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers

Who was George Villiers, favourite of King James VI and I?

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Vod Life - Frederick Douglass WL

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Henry Kissinger

“Whatever you want to say about Kissinger, he had consequence”: the life and legacy of the American diplomat . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns

Robert Burns: 7 facts about the life and work of Scotland’s national bard

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Vod Life - Mansa Musa WL

Video podcast Life of the Week: Mansa Musa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life - Mansa Musa WL

Life of the Week: Mansa Musa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.