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General Modern

A brief history of strike action

Tudors play real tennis, a precursor to the modern game of tennis
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An angry crowd of around 400 miners blockade National Coal Board boss Ian McGregor inside a colliery office at Ellinton Colliery, 22 February 1984
20th Century

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Tudor

The slow death of Henry VIII

Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour, who may have abused the young princess
Tudor

Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?

Elizabeth Gaskell – “Mrs Gaskell” – was instrumental in bringing the unpleasant implications of industrialisation to the public conscious. (Photo by Getty Images)
Victorian

Elizabeth Gaskell: a voice of the Victorians

Alicia von Rittberg as Princess Elizabeth in Becoming Elizabeth
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1842 self-portrait of Sarah Biffin
Victorian

The armless artist who wowed Queen Victoria

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The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England
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Stuart

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