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From Stranger Things to communist cars: why we can't resist nostalgia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Think the Victorians were prudes? Their filthiest jokes will shock you

A digital collage featuring a Victorian-era woman in formal dress at the centre. Behind her are layered images including industrial smokestacks, ornate patterns, playing cards, and text from the book “The Mabinogion” by Lady Charlotte Guest. The overall style blends historical portraiture with abstract and industrial elements.

10 children and 12,000 pieces of art: the remarkable life of Lady Charlotte Schreiber. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fascism? No thanks! Why Britain rejected extremism in the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"I can lose myself for hours in a hypnotic trance": why we should all spend more time in archives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From maniacal horses to bat-men on the moon: 14 strange newspaper headlines from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval vampire slayers: why did our ancestors dig up and dismember the dead?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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It was an "extravaganza of brutality": how the Vikings menaced the Mediterranean. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Uncontacted peoples: why do nearly 200 groups choose to live outside 'civilisation'?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Churchill to Vietnam: protests that changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Keep calm and carry on singing: why Britons fell in love with opera during World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From krakens to serpents: 5 fearsome sea monsters from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Father Christmas v Santa Claus: the centuries-long battle for Britain's chimneys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sex, slavery and royal scandal: how Jane Austen's novels exposed a darker side of Georgian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The US 'voodoo' scare: why 19th-century racists spread fake news about Haiti. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Let’s think before we flush, with Dr Christopher Harding. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Spectral beasts and hounds of hell: a spooky history of Britain's ghost dogs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Who should decide the stories museums tell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on China's immense suffering in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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“A tidal wave of digital material will overwhelm recordkeeping institutions”: the future of history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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This ancient goddess commanded a Wonder of the World – but why did she have thirty breasts?

Two men stand next to each other holding large guns. They are dressed in black suits and ties with sunglasses and are standing against a blue and black background. Above them, the words "MIB: MEN IN BLACK" are written

Gray Barker: UFO conspiracy theorist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why we should be better about talking about death, with Dr Helen Gittos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "A UK museum that tells the long, rich history of migration is long overdue". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Be neighbourly like a Pompeian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Zoot suits, mashers & New Romantics: the evolution of the dandy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Age of Spectacle: Live Aid at 40. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hug a tree like a pagan from the margins of Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"There's little understanding of the shared history of Britain and the subcontinent" | South Asian Heritage Month. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Paint your own pot, like an ancient Etruscan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.