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Reverend Spencer Parsons, head of the Chicago branch of the Clergy Consultation Service (CCS), an interfaith group dedicated to helping women obtain abortions before 'Roe v Wade'

The American clergy who helped women get abortions before Roe v Wade

Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893

General History

From Oscar Wilde to David Irving: 9 landmark libel & defamation cases through history

An illustration depicting the Great Fire of London.

Your guide to the Great Fire of London, plus 10 surprising facts

The tombstone of a Roman soldier named Vivius Marcianus.

How the Great Fire of London revealed the city’s Roman past

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On the streets of 19th-century London . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An overturned vehicle on tramlines as a blockage to traffic during the General Strike of 1926

A brief history of strike action

Aerial view of Piccadilly Circus in London.

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London history quiz Test your knowledge

Castle Howard.

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Where is Bridgerton filmed? 5 places to visit for fans of the popular Netflix period drama

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

Sir Oswald Mosley taking the salute from female members of the BUF

Your guide to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF)

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, next to a Regency portrait of Kitty Kirkpatrick.

Inspiring Bridgerton: the real South Asian women in Regency-era England

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Turning points 1832: The ‘Great’ Reform Act . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This print from 1807 shows John Bull sat between the rival singers Elizabeth Billington (left) and Angelica Catalani, who sing lines adapted from The Beggar’s Opera.

Sex, lies and arias: the prima donnas of Georgian London

The characters Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, from Charles Dickens's work 'A Christmas Carol'

Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas as we know it today?

William Hogarth, seen in a self-portrait with his pug

William Hogarth: the satirical artist inspired by the teachings of the Bible