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History in the home

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From slums to suburbs: Britain’s council house revolution

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David Olusoga on house histories: “Our homes are often the sites of great dramas and tragedies”

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A brief history of shopping

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Top 5 Dickensian recipes

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A decade of domesticity: how the 1950s made the modern home

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The battle of Jutland and 1950s domestic dangers

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