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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)

General Early Modern

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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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?

Postal workers at a rally outside the houses of parliament, December 2022 and (right) ambulance staff march through London, 1979

Britain’s century of strikes: the history behind today’s industrial action

The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952

A brief history of Boxing Day

A carving of the Sator Square, 2nd-4th century

General ancient history

Q&A What is the Sator Square, and how old is it?

The House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpole's administration

Your guide to The South Sea Bubble