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1842 self-portrait of Sarah Biffin

The armless artist who wowed Queen Victoria . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Jean Thurel, a French soldier whose life spanned three centuries

Jean Thurel: the oldest soldier in history?

Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ feature film Benediction.

First World War

Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend

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Pod Charlotte Cooper Davis WL

Christine de Pizan: from medieval writer to feminist icon . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon In uniform

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Poetry and protest WW1 poet Siegfried Sassoon

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A modern image depicts Caratacus attending a tribunal in Rome, having been captured by Claudius’ soldiers in Britain

Who were the rebels of Roman Britain? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In the AD 40s, the British king Caratacus led a huge revolt against Rome's occupying army. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Caratacus: Roman Britain’s greatest rebel . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Coco Chanel in Paris, 1929

Why we should remember… How Chanel No 5 revolutionised the beauty business . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen

Q&A Who were the Ladies of Llangollen?

American citizens Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI 1950. They were convicted of passing infomation to the Soviets and executed in 1953

The secrets and lies of Cold War spies

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Pod Felipe Fernandez-Armesto WL

Magellan: daring explorer or doomed failure? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Our collage shows three generations of the Dudley family

The Dudley dynasty: the family behind the Tudors

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Pod Joanne Paul WL

The Dudleys: power behind the Tudor throne . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe

Something's got to give The dramatic life of Marilyn Monroe

Illustration of Queen Matilda of Boulogne, by Eleanor Shakespeare

Matilda of Boulogne: Norman England’s warrior queen