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The coronation oath speaks to the entire nation, but also broadcasts a global message of what the United Kingdom stands for.
Queen Charlotte captured viewers’ attention in the Netflix series Bridgerton as the snuff-sniffing, gossip-garnering, biracial wife of the “mad king” George III.
The gate has been built on the site of an actual Roman gateway, thought to date to the invasion of Britain in AD 43.
The voices of survivors are a valuable counterbalance to those who seek simplistic solutions to complex problems in child protection.
The return of the Stone of Scone to Westminster has proven controversial.
Little-known documents and scientific detective work helped pinpoint the origin of lager.
Breaking the taboo: the fascinating history of menstrual products.
A pipe in the hand could end or save a life.
In the 17th century, the mullet was written about with imperial and racist overtones.
In the late 16th century, new mathematical concepts were transforming perceptions of the world. Shakespeare’s plays helped audiences to process these changes.
Without the First Folio, the canon of Shakespeare’s plays would have decisively shifted.
Marco Bellochio’s series is the latest interpretation of a murder that continues to haunt Italy.
There is a long history of tossing food at politicians and other controversial figures as a deliciously defiant symbol of objection to their politics and presence in public spaces.
Critics of superstition have often painted openness to magical interpretations as weakness or moral failing.
A document, which dates to 1452, shows that da Vinci’s father emancipated an enslaved woman named Caterina – Leonardo’s mother.
The ABC mini-series, In Our Blood, offers a fictionalised account of Australia’s response to AIDS – but more can be done to remember lesbians’ immense contribution to AIDS activist movements.
When I began stripping off in the form of naked protest, I presumed there were no puritans left to object. I was wrong.
Did this sacred time of year make ordinary Filipinos in the 1700s more willing to challenge the Spanish empire?
Since 2011, professional and amateur archaeologists in Cardiff have been unearthing prehistoric artefacts. But last summer, they began to discover something even more extraordinary.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer, School of History, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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