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Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893
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From Oscar Wilde to David Irving: 9 landmark libel & defamation cases through history

Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, the final completed novel by Jane Austen
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Persuasion “The essence and spirit of Austen’s work are fundamentally changed”

The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the ‘Tory’ group in parliament which emerged in the last quarter of the 17th century and, led by Lord Bolingbroke (pictured) and Robert Harley, held power during the final years of Queen Anne’s reign. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
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Why are they called Tories? A brief history of the Conservative Party

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6 of the most catastrophic weather events in British history

A Maria Spilsbury painting of a group sat at a drawing room table
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Regency romance and a real-life Anne Elliot

Painting showing the surrender at Yorktown – a man on a horse moves between two lines of cavalry
Georgian

When and how did the American Revolution end?

The battle of Brooklyn (aka the battle of Long Island), 27 August 1776
Georgian

American Revolutionary War: the 9 battles that made the United States

A late 18th-century portrait of proto-feminist and first lady Abigail Adams
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Women in the American Revolution: what were their lives like?

A portrait of silversmith Paul Revere, with his head resting on his hand.
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19 key figures of the American Revolution, from royals to revolutionaries

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The first major clash of the war of American independence, at Bunker Hill
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A fierce clash between colonists and British troops in Boston on 5 March 1770
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The American Revolution: your guide to the 18th-century war of independence

An oil painting by Benjamin West shows some of the main belligerents of the Seven Years’ War, a conflict that lay the foundations for future discord between Native Americans and the British and French empires
Georgian

How did the American Revolution begin?

A 1779 cartoon showing the United States as a horse, unseating its rider, George III
Georgian

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