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The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial?
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A brief history of women’s football: from Mary, Queen of Scots to the FIFA Women’s World Cup
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Learning disabilities: an overlooked history
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What was the Peace People movement in Northern Ireland?
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Joya Chatterji on 20th-century south Asia
“The nation is a very novel idea, and imposing it on millions of people is hard work”
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Chevalièr d’Éon: the tale of an 18th-century gender non-conforming spy
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The children who fought for the abolition of slavery
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How Barbie changed the world
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What were Victorian burial societies and why were they formed?
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The supernatural signs that unmasked murderers in early modern England
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The Tudor travel bug: 6 artefacts that show the Tudors’ taste for travel
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UK inflation: how does today’s economic crisis compare to the 1970s?
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How should we see the NHS’s history on its 75th anniversary?
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How Britain fell in love with the NHS
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