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London used to ring with the cries of street sellers. Changes for the city brought changes to their way of life.

Is the Buckinghamshire countryside tame commuter belt or wild border-country? It depends when you visit.

A panoramic portrait of Józef Piłsudski, the man who ‘towers over modern Poland’.

Theft in East Germany was so common as to be nicknamed ‘the people’s sport’. Why were citizens of the GDR so light-fingered?

Throughout the 19th century, rival nations battled to conquer the poles. One explorer set out to establish an Arctic colony – or to get rich trying.

The Wars of the Roses saw some of the bloodiest months in English history, but winning on the battlefield did not necessarily mean winning the war.

The sacred sites of Aboriginal art.

Withdrawing labour is an age-old response to workplace grievances. But how old are strikes, and have they ever worked?