Edwardian

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton, the great Antarctic explorer of the Heroic Age

A model of the so-called ‘Piltdown Man’ and a replica of its skull,

Q&A Who was the Piltdown Man?

Ranulph Fiennes uses his unique perspective as a polar explorer to reflect on the life and adventures of Ernest Shackleton. (Image by Getty Images)

Surviving hell on earth: Polar explorer Ranulph Fiennes on Shackleton

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Historical recipe Buttered beere

Cultural sociologist Rachel Hurdley peers into the curious history of windows. (Image by Getty Images)

Windows: an illuminating history

A 12-year-old boy with a large bruise on his face ‘pulls threads’ in a New York sweatshop

The 19th-century slums of New York

Nick Baker and John Woolf discuss some lesser known aspects of the Edwardian Age. (Image by Getty Images)

Unexpected Edwardians

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Emma Dabiri “Merriman-Labor’s searing satire of the British was not well received”

The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle. (Image by Alamy)

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

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Contraception, consent & erotic connection: sex through history

Tim Maltin answers listener questions about the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. (Image by Getty Images)

Titanic: everything you wanted to know

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Fern Riddell Sex: Lessons from History

Welfare campaigner Emily Hobhouse

History hero Anita Anand chooses Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926)

In 1910 Lydia Harvey seemed to disappear. Julia Laite delves into her story – one of exploitation, sex and the vagaries of justice – and the trial that brought it to light.

Traffickers on trial: the sensational case of Lydia Harvey

Shrabani Basu talks about a miscarriage of justice that exposed the racial tensions of Edwardian England and captured the imagination of the creator of Sherlock Holmes. (Image by Getty Images)

Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates