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Q&AWhat was the Winter of Discontent?

A brief history of strike action. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat was Real Tennis?

Your guide to the miners’ strike of 1984–85

The slow death of Henry VIII

Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?

Elizabeth Gaskell: a voice of the Victorians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

QuizQueen Elizabeth II and her reign

What great paintings sayMarriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête by William Hogarth, c1743–45. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to King John, the monarch who issued Magna Carta

What was it like being a renter in Georgian London?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Interregnum: Britain's republican decade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What happened to Colonel Thomas Blood?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy BormanVictorians to Windsors (1837–2022). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy BormanHastings to Magna Carta (1066–1215). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What is the history behind May Day and why do we celebrate it?

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

Q&AWhere is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?

Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: how the Peak District became Britain's first national park. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St George’s Day: 11 facts about England's patron saint

From running marathons to working the nightshift: 8 surprising things women were banned from doing through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic?

Did Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville marry for love?

Oxford: from wild student parties to the shadow of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Digging up Roman London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oxford v Cambridge: A history of the boat race

Q&AWhat was written on the Vindolanda Tablets?

Hadrian's Wall: when and why was it built? A brief guide

How to succeed in Regency courtship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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