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A depiction of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, 4 July, 1776, from a painting by John Trumbull. The men standing are (l to r) John Adams, Roger Sherman Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)
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Your guide to the 1776 American Declaration of Independence

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The fourth earl of Sandwich, contemplating a sandwich in a thought bubble
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Charles Babbage's Difference Engine marked the start of automatic computing. (Image by Getty Images)
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Why we should remember… Charles Babbage's Difference Engine

A stained glass portrait of Dr Samuel Johnson in 17 Gough Square, London Inns court c1989.
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“A useful time-capsule of Georgian life”: Samuel Johnson and his remarkable dictionary

Queen Elizabeth II, in March 2022 - the year of her platinum jubilee (Photo by Getty Images)
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Britain’s golden jubilees: from George III to Elizabeth II

Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête.
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What great paintings say Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête by William Hogarth, c1743–45

A lodger disputes his bill with his landlady in this 1812 print by Thomas Rowlandson
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What was it like being a renter in Georgian London?

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, at dusk
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Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen
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Scene of the Peterloo Massacre
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Poland and Ukraine’s shared history: how dreams of nationhood endure

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