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The strange history of drinking

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Revealed: how the Georgians taught us to diet 300 years ago

A glass of wine and dish

Q&A Which are the oldest surviving restaurants in London?

Royal Collection Trust. (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013)

18th-century snapshots of Windsor Castle

Simon Thurley at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire. It was here, in 1771, that Richard Arkwright set up his first water-powered mills,

History Explorer: the rise of the factory

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Caracas 1783

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Top 5 Jane Austen recipes

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, displayed remarkable leadership of the British army at the battle of Waterloo. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Waterloo: the historians’ verdict

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Margam Park, Port Talbot

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Smithills Hall, Bolton

In 1926, a time of social and political strife, the country unified in celebrating the birth of Princess Elizabeth. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

6 royal births that rocked a nation

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Erddig, Wrexham

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Astrakhan 1747

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General prehistory

Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

Woodcut Of A English Witch Hanging

Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials