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Margaret Lockwood as Katherine Ferrers

Q&AWere there any real highwaywomen, and did they dress up as men?

Ewan Macgregor in 'A Gentleman in Moscow' and the Hotel Metropol in Moscow

The incredible real history of A Gentleman in Moscow’s Hotel Metropol

Newspaper ballad about highwaywoman Susan Higges

The real Renegade Nell? The bloody ballad of female highwaywoman Susan Higges

Video podcastDinosaurs: a Victorian obsession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A graphic of a feminine face, with a finger being held up to the lips in a “Silence please” gesture

Life hacks from historyHow to keep a secret. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dinosaurs: a Victorian obsession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real Shirley Chisholm in 1974 and the Regina King in Netflix film 'Shirley'

Is Netflix’s Shirley a true story? The real history behind Chisholm's astonishing achievements

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

QuizPolitics

A horse ambulance in the 19th century, and (inset, above) an advert for an RSPCA fund for horses. The number of beasts of burden working in cities rose rapidly in the Victorian era. (Photo by Alamy)

Beastly Victorians: the 19th-century fight for animal rights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

The Duke of Wellington: “One of Britain’s greatest soldiers, and worst prime ministers”

My history heroAnthony Horowitz chooses Colin Gubbins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How was Elizabeth I shaped by her childhood?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130.

The ultimate Viking quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

A portrait of King George III, next to a shackle in the foreground of Buckingham palace.

Did the British royal family support slavery?

Elizabethans quiz – week three. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Plots and Rebellions, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Barry Keoghan as Kurt Biddick in Masters of the Air

Second World War

Masters of the Air release schedule

The abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade: everything you want to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Leftovers: how our ancestors battled food waste. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval breastfeeding: an act of love. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: WW2 crumb fudge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: Victorian beef fritters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

WW1's eastern front: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Mary Surratt

The real history of Mary Surratt's controversial role in the Lincoln conspiracy

Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Britain's most extraordinary pilot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This recipe – budget broccoli soup – utilises broccoli stalks left over from other dishes. (Photo courtesy of Eleanor Barnett)

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: budget broccoli soup. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Lear

QuizHistorical misconceptions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Edwin Stanton (left) next to a still of Tobias Menzies playing Edwin Stanton in Manhunt (right)

The real Edwin Stanton in Manhunt: the true story of Lincoln’s loyal secretary of war

Sepia image of workers at a Lancashire cotton mill

How people with learning disabilities thrived in the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.