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Pod Dan Todman WL

Second World War

Britain’s WW2 home front: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black and white photo of a group of women marching while holding a sign saying 'International Women's Day'

A brief history of International Women’s Day: what is it and why do we celebrate it?

A witch feeds her familiars in this illustration from the 1579 pamphlet about Windsor woman Elizabeth Stile (Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

Forgotten Tudors What the lives of ordinary people tell us about Tudor England

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Opinion Why the Edwardian era remains relevant today

Lawn tennis was a popular activity amongst the upper classes in the Edwardian period.

Daily life in the Edwardian era: from hobbies to gadgets

An early 20th century postcard showing young girls dressed in their Sunday best at a temperance rally.

A brief history of the temperance movement in Britain and Ireland

A composite image showing the Edwardians

The Edwardian era: a history guide and timeline of Britain in the reign of Edward VII

Diners watch a waitress chalk up the dishes offered on the day's menu at a British Restaurant in Gillingham, 1941. (Photo by Reuben Saidman/ Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Second World War

Eat for victory: the British Restaurants of WW2

Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock (Photo by Ellie Grace)

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Caroline Dodds Pennock “Indigenous Americans were horrified by inequalities in European society”

Visitors promenade alongside a lake with Surrey Zoological Gardens in the background, 1844 (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Victorian zoos Animal attraction in the 19th century

1450 farmworkers planting seeds and harrowing a ploughed field.

Medieval wellness: how our New Year’s resolutions mirror the Middle Ages

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Pod James Gregory WL

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

Enoch Powell against a union jack flag

Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech: Britain and race in the mid 20th-century

Soldiers drafted in to work during a coal porters’ strike in London, shovelling coal

The Great Unrest: what caused the industrial action of 1911–14?