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An 1872 illustration from the weekly newspaper Days’ Doings shows a shoplifter being apprehended (Photo by Look and Learn/Rosenberg Collection/Bridgeman Images)

Lady swindlers: 6 women who turned to lives of crime and became queens of the underworld. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eleanor Roosevelt: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Chinese workers tend a tea plantation in a mid-19th-century lithograph. Importing leaves from China was expensive – until Scottish botanist Robert Fortune introduced the plants to India. (Photo by Getty Images)

Eastern promises: the long and troubled history of Britain's relations with China. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nicola Fox and Marie Curie

My history heroNicola Fox chooses Marie Curie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The UK's far right movement: history behind the headlines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Crystal Palace burns down in December 1936

Q&AThe Crystal Palace was constructed of iron and glass – so how and why did it burn down?

Senator Edward Kennedy leaves the Dukes County Courthouse in Edgartown, Mass

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Stealing the Mona Lisa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Has imperial history become too politicised?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Assassinations that shaped US history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Is democracy doomed? History behind the headlines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

The England football team badge, showing three lions on a field of ten Tudor roses

Q&AWhy are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?

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From the bitter battle of 1832 to the poll that cemented the two-party system: 7 elections that rocked Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British general elections: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 21st-century Holocaust trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings

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Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake in Disney+ drama Shardlake

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Ludwig van Beethoven (Photo by Lebrecht Music & Arts/Alamy)

How Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has been an ode to peace around the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

Death by nostalgia: the curious history of a dangerous emotion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Black and white sunset at Westminster abbey with the Big Ben backlit taken in may before starting the repair works at the tower.

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A group of wartime evacuees take time to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, flipping pancakes in the air

Shrove Tuesday historyWhy do we eat pancakes?

A photograph of Prince Harry as a teenager playing rugby.

Off to school: how do the royal family educate their children?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

The ex factor: why David Cameron’s return isn’t unprecedented. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What was Queen Elizabeth II like as a mother?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.