Dockers unloading wine barrels

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Our illustration shows a woman struggling through wind and snow in 1816 (Illustration by Zara Picken)

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Jane Austen, c1790

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A Regency parson officiates at a wedding ceremony in a country church, 1820

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A Regency gentleman greets a row of ladies

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A statue of Alice Nutter, one of the 1612 Pendle Witches. The statue is in her home village on Blacko Bar Road, Roughlee. (Image by Alamy)

The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial?

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An ink drawing of a London 'rag fair' where old clothes and textiles were traded, c1800

Regency inequality: the gap between rich and poor in Georgian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Consuelo Vanderbilt reclining for a photograph.

Dollar princessesThe American heiresses who changed the face of British aristocracy

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A cartoon about the Tea Act shows a colonist reading the proclamation with concern

What was the 1773 Tea Act?

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American suffragettes picket a building

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This illustration shows “Boston boys throwing tea into the harbour” on 16 December 1773

Boston Tea Party: your guide to the protest that ignited a revolution

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Gravestones displaying the names of pets

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David Tennant returns as the Doctor

Ranked: the best historical episodes of Doctor Who

An illustration of pilgrims on horseback.

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Vintage photograph of a gentleman from the Victorian era c1880 with a bushy moustache.

General History

A hairy history of the moustache

A cartoon image of feet in front of the sea

Life hacks from historyLearn to relax. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Meux & Co. brewery on Tottenham Court Road in c1830

The London Beer Flood of 1814: what happened in the deadly tragedy?

Toy Story, starring cowboy Woody

10 milestones in Disney's 100-year history