History in the home

Huts in Lambeth built for bombed-out families, 1945. (Getty)

Britain in 1945: Life in the shadow of victory

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Victorian Christmas: 3 recipes to try at home . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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10 tips for surviving on the home front during the Second World War

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A brief history of home ownership in Britain

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

The other Elizabethan England

A Pompeian fresco from the first century showing a woman tuning a musical instrument. Excavations at the partially buried Roman city reveal that women played a prominent role in the home, and that they took personal grooming very seriously indeed. (Photo by: Werner Forman/UIG via Getty Images)

At home with the Romans

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The story behind Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

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Toys and games that killed in Tudor England

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A runestone depicting two warriors fighting and the journey of the Vikings to Valhalla, the hall of slain. (DEA/G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The Vikings at home . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The man best associated with the new style of landscape gardening was William Kent (c1686–1748), a Yorkshire-born artist and architect. (Public domain)

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Some household cures would aim to rebalance the body's humours

Household medicine: sickness, salves and skillets