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An 1812 cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson depicts highwaymen in action in the days when travellers made for easy pickings for criminals (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Murder and mayhem in Georgian Britain: the scandalous work of Johnson's General History. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nuclear apocalypse in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man in Victorian dress holding a cane jumps on a beach

Can you guess the meaning of Victorian slang?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A copy of the Declaration of Arbroath is held by the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh – the actual letter sent to Pope John XXII is lost (Photo by M.Brodie / Alamy Stock Photo)

The Declaration of Arbroath: your guide to Scotland's historic document

Wild urban spaces: a history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bronze Boudica statue against summer sky in London

What did Boudica’s Iceni warriors look like?

(l-r) Blanche, Marguerite and Jeanne of Burgundy, three sisters at the heart of a royal scandal and succession crisis in medieval France (Photos by The Picture Art Collection and ACTIVE MUSEUM / ACTIVE ART / Alamy Stock Photo)

Scandalous sisters: how three French princesses brought down the Capetian dynasty

Shepton Mallet Prison

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesHMP Shepton Mallet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroMichelle Gayle chooses James Baldwin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Boudica’s rebellion: a blood-soaked blow to the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A goat pokes its head over the fence at a city farm near Greenland Dock, London, which is still home to the Surrey Docks Farm

Urban animals: the growth of city farms in 20th-century Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did the Tudors wear?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

WW2 the big questions: the build up. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A small group of Argentine troops survey the scene not far from Port Stanley after arriving in the Falklands by helicopter (Photo by: SeM/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

What if...Argentina had won the Falklands War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Episode 6Paris. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The mindset behind the Holocaust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary Sophia Money's brother, Robert Henry Money, is believed to have been the murderer 'Robert Hicks Murray'

Nell Darby's historical cold casesThe Money Murders. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Grisly killings & mysterious motives: murder in early modern Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The man who almost discovered the double helix. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marriage, Middlemarch & male pseudonyms: George Eliot’s unconventional life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroTim Dunn chooses John Betjeman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die

Seven Kings Must DieWhat to expect from the Last Kingdom movie

George VI’s Nazi dilemma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The clocks change at South Station in Boston, Massachusetts. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

A brief history of daylight saving time

The Seven Years’ War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII’s six wivesSecrets of the Tudor queens

Six WivesPeeling back the myths

Episode 5Istanbul. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Six wives: Katherine Parr. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.