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The Brontës and a revolutionary artist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the Georgian underclass

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The power of the Georgian underclass

Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh

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Simon Schama's portraits of a nation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II

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How to be a successful monarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mob sets fire to Newgate Prison during the Gordon Riots

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Taxing Catholics: how one Georgian government targeted a religious community. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A brief history of graffiti and creativity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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10 dangers of Georgian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Children running down a street

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Q&AWhy do we say ‘run amok’?

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In pictures: kings and queens through history

Gas Street Basin canal

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History explorer: the rise of the canals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Regency scandal and the history of canals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&AWhy didn't Canada join the colonies in the American Revolutionary War?

The Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo

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Why Waterloo fires our imaginations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Denis Dighton's painting shows the defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard at Waterloo

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10 moments that decided the Waterloo campaign. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Corfu: a Greek island getaway that owes much of its popularity to the Venetians. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Corfu, Greece

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Waterloo 200 special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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James Watt: your guide to the pioneer of steam engine technology

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Waterloo: what was the battle like for Wellington’s Redcoats?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'The Plum Pudding in Danger by James Gillray

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James Gillray: the king of Georgian caricature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jane Austen

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My history heroJane Austen (1775–1817). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Female warriors from Benin

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Q&AHas there ever been a women-only army?

Actors in a staging of Shakepeare's 'Macbeth'

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Q&AWhy don't actors refer to the Shakespeare play Macbeth by name?

Picture of the Frost Fair on the Thames

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Q&ADid the Thames used to freeze over?

William Hogarth

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My history hero: William Hogarth (1697–1764)

An engraving of Admiral Lord Nelson

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Q&AWhy do we say ‘turn a blind eye’?

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Debating British monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

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The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&AWhy were people of noble birth said to be ‘blue blooded’?

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Why Napoleon merits the title 'the Great'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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