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Crime and punishment

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The medieval women who spoke out against sexual violence

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Walking a dangerous road: women’s safety on the streets

Scene at Tyburn, Paddington, London, 1696; showing crowds gathered to watch a hanging. The triple gibbet and cart used for hanging can be seen in the centre, while in the background to the left a drawing and quartering is being undertaken. The image erroneously shows London Bridge, the River Thames and the City to be immediately opposite Tyburn. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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The Bloody Code: your guide to the severe legal system

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The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor

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Q&A Did the Scottish mass-murdering cannibal Sawney Bean actually exist?

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Why was Lord Mountbatten, Prince Charles’s great-uncle, assassinated?

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British police history: everything you wanted to know

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What was the Chernobyl Disaster?

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Was James VI and I murdered?

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Murder: a legal history

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