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Irish people demonstrate in Downing Street in London in 1921. The partition of Ireland between the six north-eastern counties and the rest of Ireland took place on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920

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The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England

The Interregnum: Britain’s republican decade

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England’s greatest royal rebel: why the Duke of Monmouth was a 17th-century hero

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The Restoration: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Eurovision history: from the first competition to the story behind voting blocs

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Eurovision: a political history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Who were the rebels of Roman Britain?

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