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

Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893
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An illustration depicting the Great Fire of London.
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An overturned vehicle on tramlines as a blockage to traffic during the General Strike of 1926
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Aerial view of Piccadilly Circus in London.
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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.
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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'
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Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas as we know it today?

William Hogarth, seen in a self-portrait with his pug
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William Hogarth: the satirical artist inspired by the teachings of the Bible

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