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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)
Tudor

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.
Edwardian

Daily life in the Edwardian era: from hobbies to gadgets

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

A brief history of the temperance movement in Britain and Ireland

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Edwardian

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

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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)
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Victorian zoos Animal attraction in the 19th century

1450 farmworkers planting seeds and harrowing a ploughed field.
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Medieval wellness: how our New Year’s resolutions mirror the Middle Ages  

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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
Edwardian

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
General Modern

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

The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952
Victorian

A brief history of Boxing Day

A carving of the Sator Square, 2nd-4th century
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Q&A What is the Sator Square, and how old is it?

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