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Victorian
Christmas carols: the history behind 9 festive favourites
20th Century
Michael Wood on James Bond
“Bond’s role grew out of proportion to Britain’s standing in the world”
Medieval
The surprisingly modern Middle Ages
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Georgian
Josiah Wedgwood: the radical father of English pottery
Medieval
3 curious medieval ghost stories
Victorian
Ira Aldridge: Shakespeare’s black Othello
General prehistory
Prehistoric religion: a pagan riddle we will never solve?
Victorian
Adventures of a Victorian actor
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek theatre and the Athenian identity
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General Modern
The classics and racial hatred: how the far right hijacked the ancient world
21st Century
Alex Von Tunzelmann
“Debates about statues are often posed in simplistic primary colours”
Victorian
Q&A
Was the Statue of Liberty designed specifically for the United States?
General ancient history
From Nan Madol to Karakorum: 7 cities that history forgot
Medieval
Benin: a kingdom cast in bronze, brought to ruin by Britain
Stuart
Phantasmagoria: creating the ‘ghosts’ of the Enlightenment
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