Historical people

American aviator Bessie Coleman pictured in c1922, around the time she made her debut flight. Her astonishing aerial stunts would earn her the monikers ‘Queen Bess’ and ‘Brave Bessie’ (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Bessie Coleman: a boundary-breaking pilot who fought for her dream

Joseph Chamberlain (far right) pictured with his sons Neville (far left) and Austen, daughter Hilda (front left) and third wife, Mary Endicott (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Chamberlain and Cadbury of BirminghamThe first families in Britain’s second city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The fall and rise of Henry III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

MedievalvideoGeoffrey Chaucer5 key things to know

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, born the son of a humble yak farmer, pictured around the time of his Everest triumph of 1953 (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Tenzing NorgayThe Sherpa who first conquered the world's highest mountain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Rose Wilkinson

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William Douglas: infamous bushranger, prize-fighter and reader of skulls. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1780 portrait of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and talented composer, violinist and swordsman (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Georgian

Chevalier de Saint-Georges: how the mixed-race musical maestro Joseph Bologne became a star in 18th-century France

Stained glass in Exeter Cathedral depicting King Æthelstan. (Dreamstime)

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The astonishing Æthelstan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A memorial tomb to King Æthelstan, in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. (Photo by Geography Photos/UIG via Getty Images)

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If King Alfred was great, was Æthelstan even greater?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Cat O'Neil

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David Ingram: the Tudor sailor who hiked across pre-colonial America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Philip Augustus of France (left) and Richard I of England

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Medieval masculinityWhat Richard I can tell us about male friendship in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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My history heroSam Naz chooses Noor Inayat Khan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Love Letter, 1834.

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How to write a love letter6 tips from the historical figures who did it best. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Brian Epstein (centre) with the Beatles, who he managed from 1962 until his death in 1967 (Photo by Harry Benson/Getty Images)

20th Century

Brian EpsteinThe brilliant but troubled man behind The Beatles

Photograph of Pauli Murray

20th Century

Pauli MurrayThe Civil Rights and LGBTQ+ icon who fought Jim and Jane Crow

A depiction of Empress Wu Zetian

Medieval

Empress Wu ZetianThe only woman to rule China

A Japanese tattoo artist at work on a large scale tattoo design on the back of a woman, Japan, circa 1940.

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Tattoo historyThe stories of 11 inked individuals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward Tull-Warnock, who qualified as one of the first black dentists in Britain

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The forgotten contributions of black Edwardians in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf and wife of art critic Clive Bell, all of whom were members of the Bloomsbury Group.

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Famous EdwardiansFrom Beatrix Potter to Captain Robert F Scott. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Edward VII in his coronation robes.

Edwardian

Edward VIIA guide to the king who ruled over the Edwardian age

Mavia of Tanukh, illustration by Lynn Hatzius

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Mavia Of TanukhWarrior queen of Arabia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock (Photo by Ellie Grace)

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Caroline Dodds Pennock“Indigenous Americans were horrified by inequalities in European society”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Billy the Kid, also known as William H Bonney, was one of the most notorious gunslingers in the Wild West

Victorian

Billy the KidThe Wild West's most wanted gunslinger

Lewis Carroll

Victorian

Lewis Carroll: maker of wonderlands

Emblema of Cleopatra Selene

Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra's daughter: the tragic inheritance to triumphant reign of Cleopatra Selene

Illustration of Major Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate

Georgian

Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate: how a mid-life crisis created the 'worst pirate of all time'

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Emmett TillThe murder that reshaped the American civil rights movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

J. Edgar Hoover holding a gun

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How J Edgar Hoover secretly ruled America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Howard Hughes: the troubled tycoon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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