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The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952

A brief history of Boxing Day

The life and death of Marie Antoinette: everything you need to know about the last queen of France

The House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpole's administration

Your guide toThe South Sea Bubble

Dancers demonstrate the Charleston, c1926. The dance is often associated with ‘flappers’ – newly enfranchised women with bobbed hair, short skirts and supposedly looser morals – and characterised by frenetic up and down movements and swivelling, akimbo limbs. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Forbidden dances and deadly marathons: 5 facts about the history of dancing.

An engraving of a prison hulk at Deptford, from a c1826 painting. (Photo by: Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Floating hell: the brutal history of prison hulks

Historical recipeBakewell pudding.

Sly cakes (Picture by Sam Nott)

Historical recipeSly cakes.

A mutineer in the family.

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

15 minutes of fameHannah Greig chooses Hannah Humphrey

Paterson Joseph and Ignatius Sancho

My history heroPaterson Joseph chooses Ignatius Sancho.

Clash of cultures: how interpreters bridged the gap between Britain and China.

Image of spiced carrot pudding

Historical recipeCarrot pudding.

Adam Henson and Robert Bakewell

My history heroAdam Henson chooses Robert Bakewell.

Hannah HumphreyEntrepreneurial Georgian printseller.

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

From Walpole to TrussLessons from the 300-year history of the British prime minister.

A 1773 allegorical engraving of the three powers partitioning Poland

Why we should remember…the first Partition of Poland.

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Edward Jenner

My history heroDame Sarah Gilbert chooses Edward Jenner.

Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century.

Photo of Ginger Rogers

Q&AWhen did people start wearing sunglasses?.

A portrait of William IV

Your guide to William IV, the ‘sailor king’

Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893

From Oscar Wilde to David Irving: 9 landmark libel & defamation cases through history.

Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, the final completed novel by Jane Austen

Persuasion“The essence and spirit of Austen’s work are fundamentally changed”

The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the ‘Tory’ group in parliament which emerged in the last quarter of the 17th century and, led by Lord Bolingbroke (pictured) and Robert Harley, held power during the final years of Queen Anne’s reign. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Why are they called Tories?A brief history of the Conservative Party.

c1400 farmer ploughing a field.

6 of the most catastrophic weather events in British history

A Maria Spilsbury painting of a group sat at a drawing room table

Regency romance and a real-life Anne Elliot.

Painting showing the surrender at Yorktown – a man on a horse moves between two lines of cavalry

When and how did the American Revolution end?.

The battle of Brooklyn (aka the battle of Long Island), 27 August 1776

American Revolutionary War: the 9 battles that made the United States

A late 18th-century portrait of proto-feminist and first lady Abigail Adams

Women in the American Revolution: what were their lives like?.

A portrait of silversmith Paul Revere, with his head resting on his hand.

19 key figures of the American Revolution, from royals to revolutionaries