Art history

A Christmas card from the First World War

First World War

First World War Christmas cards

A painting depicting a 16th century wedding feast. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The other Elizabethan England

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First ever kangaroo and dingo paintings to remain in UK

A poster from the First World War.

First World War

First World War posters

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‘Earliest portrait of guinea pig’ revealed in unseen painting

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Museum bid to acquire ‘new world’ George Stubbs paintings

George Frederick Handel married opera's passion with the respectability of biblical texts, says Tim Blanning. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

10 milestones in the history of western music

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The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine – Antiquarian, Architect and Visionary

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British political cartoonist David Low. His caricatures of political figures including Hitler resulted in him being placed in the Nazi 'Black Book' – a list of prominent Britons who were to be arrested in the case of a successful invasion of Britain. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images

My history hero: Sir David Low (1891–1963) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Russian queen Catherine the Great

In pictures: Catherine the Great

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A contemporary view of the river Seine and Notre-Dame de Paris. (Getty Images)

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Paris 1802 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Too good for the gallery

A photograph of Queen Victoria and her descendants, taken in April 1894 in Coburg, Germany. The photograph shows Queen Victoria's position at the centre of a network of alliances created by strategic marriages, which gave her the name 'the grandmother of Europe'. (Alamy)

A photograph of Queen Victoria and her family: what can it tell us?

Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in the centre of Florence (Getty)

A big day in history: Florence’s bonfire of the vanities

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