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Thatcher, pubs and poverty porn: a gritty history of British sitcoms
From Del Boy’s rags-to-riches-to-rags tale to The Royle Family’s quiet revolution, Laura Minor explores how British sitcoms have portrayed working-class lives down the years – and why it matters who tells these stories
This strange medieval ritual was designed to protect a mother from grief. How did it work?
An early medieval text describes rituals intended to protect pregnancies and address the loss of a child. Historian Elinor Cleghorn explains what it can tell us about maternal grief and attitudes towards children
The slave ship that changed history
Siddharth Kara tells the horrifying story of events on a slave ship – long mistakenly known as the Zong – which were to have consequences far beyond its murderous voyage
Elizabeth’s enemies: plots, rivals and the Spanish Armada
Nicola Tallis explores how Elizabeth I's reign was defined by constant threat, both at home and abroad
Have we overlooked England’s local histories?
Ian Mortimer guides Charlotte Vosper through the past 1,500 years of English history, viewed from the perspective of his own medieval home in Devon
Why the Nazis loved the Bayeux Tapestry
In the final episode of his guide to the Bayeux Tapestry, Dr David Musgrove considers the long and surprising afterlife – which included brushes with Napoleon and Nazis
The mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Why does the Bayeux Tapestry include an image of a man squatting naked? In the fifth episode of his guide, Dr David Musgrove explores the borders of the famous embroidery
D-Day could have ended in disaster – but one Scottish hero changed everything
As Pressure, which dramatises meteorologists’ attempts to predict the weather on D-Day, storms into cinemas, Catherine Ross charts five moments when weather forecasts (or the lack of them) changed the course of history
The making of the modern Middle East
Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new book exploring the forces and figures that forged the Middle East
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