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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

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A guide to the Seven Years’ War

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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

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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)

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

A portrait of Russian empress Catherine the Great

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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)

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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

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

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Windows: an illuminating history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A family history of France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of folk figure Dick Whittington

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Dick Whittington, the Loch Ness Monster and a talking mongoose: 8 mythical figures of British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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)

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David Olusoga on the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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George III: the tyrant who lost America?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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The classics and racial hatred: how the far right hijacked the ancient world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Extraordinary hoaxes of the 18th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Empress Maria Theresa, a portrait

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Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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