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An engraving of a prison hulk at Deptford, from a c1826 painting. (Photo by: Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Sly cakes (Picture by Sam Nott)

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A mutineer in the family . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Paterson Joseph and Ignatius Sancho

My history hero Paterson Joseph chooses Ignatius Sancho

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Clash of cultures: how interpreters bridged the gap between Britain and China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Adam Henson and Robert Bakewell

My history hero Adam Henson chooses Robert Bakewell

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15 minutes of fame: Hannah Humphrey, entrepreneurial Georgian printseller . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

Three of the children of Henry VII: Prince Henry; Arthur Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret

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Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

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A 1773 allegorical engraving of the three powers partitioning Poland

Why we should remember… the first Partition of Poland

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Edward Jenner

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