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Pod Leanda de Lisle WL
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Is Queen Henrietta Maria’s rotten reputation deserved? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historian Leanda de Lisle photographed at her home with her dog Millie
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Leanda de Lisle “Henrietta Maria has been looked at far too much through the male gaze” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historian Hakim Adi. (Photograph by Tim Stubbins)
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15 minutes of fame Hakim Adi chooses Alice Kinloch . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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First World War poets: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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15 minutes of fame Marc Morris chooses Saint Wilfrid

A portrait of Moses Roper, the first African-American fugitive from slavery to make a home in Britain
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Moses Roper: the story of an American fugitive from slavery in Britain

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Pod Philip Freeman WL
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Hannibal: Rome’s greatest nightmare . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rosalind Franklin as seen in a 1956 photo
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Why we should remember… Rosalind Franklin’s pioneering scientific career

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Marie Tharp stands at a table, drawing her map of the Atlantic Ocean's floor
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15 minutes of fame Jerry Brotton chooses Marie Tharp . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Estelle Paranque
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Estelle Paranque “Elizabeth I was in charge of her fate. Perhaps that’s why Catherine de Medici despised her” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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15 minutes of fame Rana Mitter chooses Tsiang Tingfu . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Laura Mvulu and Thelonius Monk
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My history hero Laura Mvula chooses Thelonious Monk . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of silversmith Paul Revere, with his head resting on his hand.
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19 key figures of the American Revolution, from royals to revolutionaries

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15 minutes of fame Janina Ramirez chooses Hildegard of Bingen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Leo Damrosch WL
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Casanova: more than a serial seducer . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.