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Victorian

Victorian wedding, circa 1900: A wedding group poses in the garden, 1900. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Getty Images)
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Living in sin: unmarried relationships in Victorian Britain

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The massacre at Wounded Knee: why did the US Army attack the Lakota Sioux?

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Around the world in 72 days: how journalist Nellie Bly became the real Phileas Fogg

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From slave to real Lone Ranger? The incredible life of black Wild West lawman Bass Reeves

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Jane Digby: Lindsay Duncan on playing the aristocratic adventurer in Around the World in 80 Days

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A brief history of Boxing Day

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Christmas carols: the history behind 9 festive favourites

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