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Consuelo Vanderbilt reclining for a photograph.
Victorian

Dollar princesses The American heiresses who changed the face of British aristocracy

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Pod Annie Sulzberger WL (1)
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Netflix’s The Crown: history and storytelling . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales in 'The Crown' (left) and Princess Diana touring an
20th Century

The Crown S6: the real history in the royal drama

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Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, and the real Queen Elizabeth II
20th Century

Netflix’s The Crown: the real history behind the royal drama

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Rufus Kampa as Prince William
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The Crown S6: the challenges of telling the story of living royals . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Archimedes heat ray sets fire to Roman ship
Ancient Greece

Archimedes’ greatest inventions and discoveries

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Illustatration of the siege of Syracuse, showing Archimedes' cranes used to destroy Roman ships
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The siege of Syracuse: how Archimedes took on the Romans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustrated portrait of Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes
Ancient Greece

Why Archimedes was the greatest scientist of the Classical age

Joséphine de Beauharnais
Georgian

Joséphine de Beauharnais: how Napoleon’s muse became empress of France

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Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte
Georgian

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: how accurate is the movie? The real history explained

David Tennant returns as the Doctor
21st Century

Ranked: the best historical episodes of Doctor Who

Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales, accompanied by Rufus Kampa as Prince William and Fflyn Edwards as Prince Harry
20th Century

“Haunted, in more ways than one”: A historian’s review of The Crown S6, part 1

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin
20th Century

Bayard Rustin: the quiet force behind the March on Washington

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A black and white photo of the American actress Janet Leigh, with a shadow of a chair on the wall behind her. She is looking forwards and screaming in shock.
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Ninety years of horror: nine films that reflect society’s changing anxieties . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Horror films: a chilling cultural history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.