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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

Turning points1776: The year of American independence

Turning points1745: The Jacobite rebellion

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

Triumph against the odds: the 1821 Greek Revolution

Christmas feasts with Annie GrayEpisode 2: Georgian elegance

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

William HogarthThe satirical artist inspired by the teachings of the Bible

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

How slavery & empire shaped epidemiology

George V: not so dull after all

Josiah Wedgwood: the radical father of English pottery

Historical recipeVanilla ice cream

Historical recipeSpiced Hot Chocolate

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)

Daniel Lambert in a 19th-century painting

Super-sized Georgians: why satirists were fixated with fatness

Windows: an illuminating history

7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments

A family history of France

A depiction of folk figure Dick Whittington

Dick Whittington, the Loch Ness Monster and a talking mongoose: 8 mythical figures of British history

Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded

The title page and frontispiece of Olaudah Equiano’s Interesting Narrative, a first-hand account of his experience in slavery and how he seized his freedom. (Image by Getty Images)

David Olusoga on the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano

George III: the tyrant who lost America?

A portrait from the 18th century of King George III wearing his coronation robes

George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated

Adolf Hitler stands with his back to a statue of Discobolos, the Discus Thrower

The classics and racial hatred: how the far right hijacked the ancient world

Extraordinary hoaxes of the 18th century

Empress Maria Theresa, a portrait

Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch

A Peep at St. Peter or The Poet in a Pickle

Q&AWhy do we say 'Peeping Tom'?