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A woodcut of the brain from Andreas Vesalius’s groundbreaking 1543 treatise On the Fabric of the Human Body

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1842 self-portrait of Sarah Biffin

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The armless artist who wowed Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stained glass portrait of Dr Samuel Johnson in 17 Gough Square, London Inns court c1989.

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Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in 2006 film 'The Queen'

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Fit for a queenElizabeth II's royal residences. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Buzz Aldrin salutes the US flag during the 1969 lunar landing

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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip mark the diamond jubilee in 2012 by watching the Jubilee River Pageant, where a seven-mile flotilla sails past them (Photo by Eddie Mullholland - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth II, in March 2022 - the year of her platinum jubilee (Photo by Getty Images)

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A painting of Jean Thurel, a French soldier whose life spanned three centuries

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Jean Thurel: the oldest soldier in history?

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess associated with medicine, fertility and healing. (Image by Getty Images)

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Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)

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A painting of Lisbon depicts conspicuous displays of Portuguese imperial wealth and power – including enslaved African people

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How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe

A customer shops for a pistol at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store in Tinley Park, Illinois

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Persian courtiers in the throne room at Persepolis, as depicted in a relief detail.

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Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ feature film Benediction.

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Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend

A scene from a relief at Persepolis, ancient Persia’s magnificent ceremonial capital

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First World War soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon In uniform

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Poetry and protestWW1 poet Siegfried Sassoon

The effigy of King John on his tomb in Worcester Cathedral

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A lodger disputes his bill with his landlady in this 1812 print by Thomas Rowlandson

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The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England

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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, at dusk

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Portrait of James, Duke of Monmouth, the 36-year-old illegitimate son of Charles II. (Photo by Alamy)

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A modern image depicts Caratacus attending a tribunal in Rome, having been captured by Claudius’ soldiers in Britain

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In the AD 40s, the British king Caratacus led a huge revolt against Rome's occupying army. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Coco Chanel in Paris, 1929

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Our collage shows three generations of the Dudley family

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