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The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle
Edwardian

Downstairs in Downton: a guide to the life of an Edwardian servant

Dinner at Downton Abbey
Edwardian

Could you survive an Edwardian dinner party?

Queen Victoria of Great Britain with her husband, Prince Albert, and their nine children. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)
Victorian

Queen Victoria’s children

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The last Russian royal family, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra and their five children, were shot and bayonetted to death by their Bolshevik guards in the early hours of 17 July 1918. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
Edwardian

The legacy of the Romanovs: how is the last Russian royal family remembered in Russia?

Queen Elizabeth II driving her children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Windsor, 1957. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
20th Century

Why do Brits drive on the left-hand side of the road? Plus 4 other facts about the history of driving in Britain

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Edwardian

4 revelations about the Titanic disaster

Queen Victoria with her children and grandchildren
Victorian

The marriages of Queen Victoria’s grandchildren

The Endurance, the ship of Ernest Shackleton
Edwardian

My history hero: Ernest Shackleton (d1922)

French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette and husband Willy, photographed c1902. (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)
Victorian

Who was the real Colette?

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This illustration from a Women’s Social and Political Union poster condemns the force-feeding of suffragettes in 1910. Many women were subjected to this brutal procedure between 1909 and August 1914. (Museum of London)
Edwardian

Cat and mouse: force feeding the suffragettes

Marie Curie in her laboratory. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
First World War

Marie Curie (1867–1934): her life, achievements and legacy

Podcast Website large Helen Rappaport
Edwardian

The murder of the Romanovs

EEmily Davison is felled by King Edward VII’s horse, Anmer, moments after trying to grab his reins during the running of the Derby, 4 June 1913. The suffragette suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. She died four days later. (Getty)
20th Century

Emily Davison: the suffragette martyr

A portrait of actress Nell Gwynn, longtime mistress to King Charles II.
Stuart

From Nell to Meghan: 10 romances between actors and royals

Fern Riddell.
Edwardian

Books interview with Fern Riddell: “Can we call the suffragettes terrorists? Absolutely”