January 2023

Visitors promenade alongside a lake with Surrey Zoological Gardens in the background, 1844 (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Victorian zoosAnimal attraction in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An engraving of the pirate Henry Avery with his ship in a notorious raid that almost pushed England and India to war (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Hell on high water: the rise and fall of the golden age of piracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroPhil Tufnell chooses Denis Compton. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Japanese tattoo artist at work on a large scale tattoo design on the back of a woman, Japan, circa 1940.

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Tattoo historyThe stories of 11 inked individuals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mavia of Tanukh, illustration by Lynn Hatzius

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Mavia Of TanukhWarrior queen of Arabia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Diners watch a waitress chalk up the dishes offered on the day's menu at a British Restaurant in Gillingham, 1941. (Photo by Reuben Saidman/ Popperfoto via Getty Images)

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Eat for victory: the British Restaurants of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The remains of the Amesbury Archer (2400-2200BC), a burial found near Stonehenge and about 4300 years old, Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.

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Britain’s greatest archaeological discoveries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.