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Matriarchs of society such as Mrs Caroline Backhouse Astor (pictured played by Donna Murphy in The Gilded Age) employed the rules of calling cards to maintain the social order. (Alison Rosa Cohen © 2021 Heyday Productions, LLC and Universal Television LLC)
Victorian

The War of the Operas: new money vs old in The Gilded Age

Ward McAllister, played by Nathan Lane in period drama 'The Gilded Age'
Victorian

Who is Ward McAllister in The Gilded Age?

Mollie Burkhart.
20th Century

Who was Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon?

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Jesse Plemons as lawman Tom White
20th Century

Who was Tom White in Killers of the Flower Moon?

Actor Lily Gladstone (left) plays Mollie Burkhart
20th Century

The real history behind Killers of the Flower Moon: author explains true story of Osage Nation

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The striking, surrealism-influenced Radio Times cover shows the transmitter mast at Alexandra Palace
General Modern

Radio Times at 100: a “vivid running commentary” on a century of British life

Alicia von Rittberg as Princess Elizabeth in Becoming Elizabeth
Tudor

Becoming Elizabeth The real history behind the new Tudor drama

Why is Napoleon such a figure of ridicule in cinema?
Georgian

Why is Napoleon such a figure of ridicule in cinema?

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Georgian

Ridley’s Scott’s Napoleon trailer: a historian reacts

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Georgian

What should we make of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon?

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J Robert Oppenheimer (left), and Cillian Murphy
20th Century

Oppenheimer: the real history of the ‘father of the atomic bomb’

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Barbenheimer quiz: should you see Barbie or Oppenheimer first, based on your historical knowledge? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.