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Who were the real Forty Elephants? The true story of Mary Carr and the all-woman crime gang
In Disney+ drama A Thousand Blows, viewers are transported into the violent underworld of 1880s London to meet an all-female ...
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A threesome with his wife and mother-in-law: the scandalous story of why one Anglo-Saxon king skipped his coronation
A notorious tale of royal scandal claims King Eadwig abandoned his own coronation feast for a ménage à trois. But did it ...
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Did Catherine the Great really have sex with a horse?
It is well overdue that this particular rumour about Russian empress Catherine the Great is sent to the glue factory ...
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The JFK assassination attempt you’ve never heard of
What might have happened if JFK never made it to the US presidency? In December 1960, one man plotted to make that a reality.
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Do you know the correct date of Magna Carta? Here’s why you might be wrong
Could we have been commemorating the wrong date of Magna Carta all along? Speaking on an episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, ...
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Making a historically accurate videogame: how Warhorse took on the task in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Deliverance 2, how did the team of developers at Warhorse Studios balance historical accuracy with the demands of gameplay? We spoke to the minds behind the sequel to find out more about the compromis ...
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Michelangelo: the Renaissance polymath who transformed Western art
Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the most influential artists in world history. Matt Elton explores the creator ...
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Where does the term redneck come from?
The term ‘redneck’ has undergone a significant evolution since the 19th century, shifting from an insult to, for some, a badge of honour. Its original meaning, however, was much more ...