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Rebel ramblers of the Kinder Trespass . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ramblers pictured on Kinder Scout in 1932

Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: how the Peak District became Britain’s first national park

St George’s Day: 11 facts about England’s patron saint

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war “Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice”

An iconic figure in running history, Kathrine Switzer is the first woman to have officially run the Boston Marathon. (Photo by Getty Images)

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From running marathons to working the nightshift: 8 surprising things women were banned from doing through history

Cockfighting pit with crown surrounding a fight

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Feather beds, cockfights and midnight flights to the moon: 5 fascinating chapters in avian history

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Pets, pests & portents: birds through time . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Training of young Rwandan Hutu on the road to Kigali, 27 June 1994

Genocide: what can we learn from history?

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Inside a Roman home . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval emotions: were they like our own? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US socialite Margaret Brown, who posthumously became known as the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ following her Titanic experiences.

Titanic 8 stories of passengers who sailed on the liner

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Corruption in the ancient world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Trade unions: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri

Kavita Puri “It’s important to document ordinary lives as well as changing political and social contexts”

A portrait of Anne Lister

The real Gentleman Jack: the secret life of Anne Lister, Britain’s ‘first modern lesbian’