Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

Historic Jedburgh

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The Excellent Mrs Fry: Unlikely Heroine

Pirates, propaganda and the history of swearing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What is a deodand?

The reverend in the lion’s den

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Historians are wrong to kick football into touch

A 'poster parade' of Ealing suffragettes advertising a meeting to be held on Ealing Common, 1 June 1912. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

9 historical sites linked to the suffragettes movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How do we record history education?

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Has Britain always united behind commemorations of the war dead?

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Trials of the Diaspora. A History Of Anti-Semitism In England

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Up and Down Stairs

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Bending the Twigs

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A Brief History of Nakedness

Charles Théveneau de Morande: an 18th-century French spy in London

‘Smugglers', c1785, from ‘Adventures by sea from art of old time’ by Basil Lubbock. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Smugglers and the birth of Britain’s consumer society

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), pictured here c1895, is one of the most important figures in modern Russian literature. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Anton Chekhov (1860–1904). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Paper talk: a newspaper's take on the Restoration

The Restoration plus Britain's relationship with chocolate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When did the English alphabet first exist, and why are there 26 letters in the order we know them today?

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Making Haste from Babylon

Colourblind history

Where the Bosworth battle really happened and a detailed look at rationing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What is History in schools for?

Hadrian's Wall photographed at Hotbank Crags and looking towards Crag Lough in Northumberland National Park. (Photo by Roger Coulam/Getty Images)

The LibraryApocalypse then circa 410: the end of Roman Britain

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The World That Never Was

The English writer and radio broadcaster JB Priestley at home on the Isle of Wight, 1933. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

My history hero: JB Priestley (1894–1984). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel

Objects of affection

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936

The 1930s: When the future looked bright. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Peaceful war: was the 19th century a time of relative peace?

Obesity and the modern lifestyle: what can we learn from history?