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Kensington Palace: Serving the Royal Court
1 April 2024Kensington Palace was the centre of court life in 18th-century Britain. It was the principal London residence for the Royals, as well as a lavish...
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The Real Great Gatsby
1 April 2024A wealthy man in his early 30s. An army man. A German immigrant. A bootlegger. A lover. Who was Jay Gatsby? And if he was based on a real person,...
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Medieval Mass Murdering Monk: Malmesbury Abbey
1 April 2024Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire was an institution of national significance from the late seventh century until the dissolution of the monasteries...
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Martin Luther
1 April 2024A controversial figure during his lifetime, Martin Luther set in motion a revolution that split Christianity in the West and left an indelible...
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George Washington
31 March 2024As Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Washington was a central feature of the American Revolutionary War. He was also the first...
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Pontius Pilate
31 March 2024Pontius Pilate was the Roman Prefect of Judea during the reign of Emperor Tiberius and is most famous for condemning Jesus of Nazareth to death by...
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The Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved?
31 March 2024What happened to the pioneering pilot, Amelia Earhart? In 1937, while attempting to circumnavigate the globe by aircraft, Earhart and her...
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Scandalous Sex Lives of Royalty
29 March 2024We've been fascinated by royalty for hundreds of years, but what do we know about their sex lives? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Today we're...
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What is a Pilgrimage?
29 March 2024In medieval times, Britain was criss-crossed by pilgrim routes, that took in such world-famous sites as Canterbury and Lindisfarne as well as...
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President Andrew Johnson: Reconstruction & The First Impeachment
28 March 2024Three quarters of a million people dead in the Civil War. A country separated in to two. How do you join it back together? Do you punish the...
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Surgery in the Early Modern Age
28 March 2024Today surgery is one of the most important sectors in the medical field. But what was surgery like for people in the 16th and 17th centuries,...
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The Murdering Midwife of Covent Garden
28 March 2024‘If only walls could talk’ is a phrase which feels particularly relevant to mysterious murder cases throughout history. And in today’s...
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