Animals

Author/veterinarian Dr. James Alfred Wight (pen name James Herriot) holding up a black cat that he is examining at his veterinary surgery.

Who was the real James Herriot? The true story behind All Creatures Great and Small

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Vod Helen Cowie WL

Video podcast Beastly Victorians: preventing animal cruelty in the 19th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Helen Cowie Animal rights WL

Beastly Victorians: preventing animal cruelty in the 19th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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LongRead Social WL

Beastly Victorians . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Kathryn Hughes - Catland WL

Cat crazy: the Victorian mania for moggies . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jonah being devoured by a whale

Quiz Medieval manuscript animals . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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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.

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Close up of grey and red squirrels in autumn

Britain’s squirrel wars: the 150-year battle between reds and greys . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ravenmaster Chris Skaife at the Tower of London with a Raven

General History

What’s it like to be Ravenmaster at the Tower of London?

A photo of a giant tortoise, with branches in the background.

General History

9 extinct animals you should know about

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Gravestones displaying the names of pets

Pet cemeteries: where have beloved animals been laid to rest through the centuries? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Andy Flak WL

General History

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

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Pod Julie-Marie Strange WL

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

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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.

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Pod Jo Cormac WL

Parachuting monkeys & volcanic eruptions: an extraordinary Victorian zoo . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.