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Illustration by Femke De Jong

The generational shift from home births to hospitals

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Wolfson History Prize 2013 special . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of photographer George Lowe and Cho Oyu mountain

In pictures The conquest of Everest

A cartoonist's depiction of the Ely and Littleport riots. For the Tory government at the time, the riots were a

A big day in history: Rioters give East Anglia’s rich and respectable a fright

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

This 14th-century miniature shows men enjoying a glass of red wine. Alcohol features prominently in medieval and Tudor accounts of breakfast. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How the Tudors invented breakfast

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When completed in the early 12th century, Durham Cathedral was

Where history happened: Norman churches . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood

A noisy history of the world

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Live genealogy show returns to London Olympia

Hitler’s philosophers

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Where history happened: the circus in Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Image by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Calcutta 1905 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.