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Belgium and the Netherlands compete in a tug of war at the Antwerp Olympic
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Olympic oddballs: 5 unusual Olympic sports from the past

Jacqueline Riding discusses the life and work of the famed artist and satirist William Hogarth, and explores how his many engravings and portraits charted the morals and vices of the 18th century. (Image by Getty Images)
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Hogarth: the chronicler of the 18th century

Joseph Bazalgette, a civil engineer who planned a groundbreaking new drainage system to serve London
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Dan Jones on 1,000 years of British history

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