Dockers unloading wine barrels

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A detail of a funerary monument from Athens, Greece depicting a squire taming a horse. Holding elaborate funerals was one of the many ways in which aristocrats broadcast their great wealth. (Photo By DEA/G.DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The trouble with luxury

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A Prussian showman

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The invention of the bathtub

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The Trials of Margaret Clitherow

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The making of Wales

Captain Kidd

The sacrifice of Captain Kidd

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The New Bath Guide

Schoolchildren helping workmen construct a new estate of pre-fabricated houses in Watford, Hertfordshire in 1946 following the devastation of the Second World War. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Postwar squatters: a very British uprising

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Grant's exploding cigar

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The Devil's Dictionary

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The bravest of the brave

What are the origins of the British taste for black pepper?

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A cure for flu?

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Playing the part of queen for the day

The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman

5 of the worst smells in medieval London

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What are the origins of the word ‘Blighty’ when used to describe Great Britain?

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From pop to politics, the ancient world is here to stay

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'Miracle' cures

Britain’s slaves in Latin America

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Mystery and drama with the Romans and the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Latin American slavery and historical hair. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

A depiction of enslaved people in a tobacco factory in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1874

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Were enslaved people in America ever paid for their work?

My history hero: Douglas Bader (1910–82)

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Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction

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Women don’t always change channel when the bombs begin to fall

A woman puts a foundling, or her own unwanted child, into a revolving doorway in a hospital or orphanage wall, intended for unwanted children. (Getty Images)

A mother's love: tokens left with London's foundling babies