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Female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read holding cutlasses

Anne Bonny and Mary Read: the deadly female pirate duo

Map showing Sir Francis Drake's privateering fleet attacking Ribeira Grande the capital of Santiago

Privateers, buccaneers and corsairs: why not all pirates were created equal

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, next to a Regency portrait of Kitty Kirkpatrick.

Inspiring Bridgerton: the real South Asian women in Regency-era England

A pirate ship flying the Jolly Roger closes in on another vessel during a storm

The golden age of piracy: when pirates ruled the waves

The Jolly Roger, a black flag showing a skuyll and crossbones. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Q&ADid all pirates fly the Jolly Roger?

A pirate uses his cutlass to force a bound and blindfolded man to walk the plank

Q&AWas walking the plank a real pirate punishment?

Pirates burying a treasure chest on a beach as their captain looks on

Q&AX marks the spot: did pirates bury their treasure?

A 17th century sketch of a peg-legged pirate walking with the aid of crutches

Q&ADid any real pirates wear eyepatches or have peg legs?

King George II of Great Britain

George II: 8 facts about the British king and German elector

Photo of tall ship

Q&AWho do we say 'shot across the bows'?

The Demerara slave uprising. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Admiral Lord Nelson: 10 days that created a legend. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of the French and Indian War, with George Washington on horseback

A guide to the Seven Years’ War

The Jacobites: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1776: The year of American independence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1745: The Jacobite rebellion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This print from 1807 shows John Bull sat between the rival singers Elizabeth Billington (left) and Angelica Catalani, who sing lines adapted from The Beggar’s Opera.

Sex, lies and arias: the prima donnas of Georgian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Triumph against the odds: the 1821 Greek Revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christmas feasts with Annie GrayEpisode 2: Georgian elegance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William Hogarth, seen in a self-portrait with his pug

William HogarthThe satirical artist inspired by the teachings of the Bible. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In late 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong, facing a shortage of water, threw overboard much of their ‘cargo’. The massacre of 133 African people and resulting law case – not for murder, but insurance – focusses attention to the treatment of enslaved people. (Image by Alamy)

The Zong Massacre: what the dark episode meant for the British slave trade and abolition

A portrait of Russian empress Catherine the Great

Hypocrite, reactionary, usurper, sex maniac: is Catherine the Great's reputation justified?

Sex work: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How slavery & empire shaped epidemiology. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George V: not so dull after all. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Josiah Wedgwood: the radical father of English pottery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical recipeVanilla ice cream. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical recipeSpiced Hot Chocolate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Londoners flee the city during the earthquake panic of April 1750. (Getty Images)

The earthquakes that rocked Georgian London (plus three more seismic events that shaped history). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Daniel Lambert in a 19th-century painting

Super-sized Georgians: why satirists were fixated with fatness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.