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Life in Victorian Britain
Life in Victorian Britain
Victorian
Veggie Victorians: how Britain responded to the rise of the meat-free movement
Victorian
Victorian London’s East End: what can a foul murder tell us about life in the city?
Victorian
8 ways railway travel changed everything for Britain
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The rise of the Great British ‘bobby’: a brief history of Britain’s police service
Victorian
Escaping the workhouse: the Victorian war on child poverty
Georgian
A brief history of London tourism since 1800
General Modern
The great escape: Britain’s love affair with the seaside holiday
Victorian
Eating with Dickens
Victorian
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Dorothea Bate: A fearless fossil hunter
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Victorian
Victorian medicine
Victorian
The Victorian shadow over the 20th century
Victorian
History Explorer: Opera in Britain
Victorian
Cricket, curry and cups of tea: India’s influence on Victorian Britain
Victorian
‘Quacks’: the terrors and theatrics of Victorian medicine
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Victorian gardens
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