Photo of an Edwardian family on sand dunes

Edwardian

Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst

Your guide to the Pankhursts, the pioneering family who fought for Votes for Women

Anxieties of the Edwardian age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration shows force-feeding of suffragettes

What was the Cat and Mouse Act? The reason why suffragettes were force-fed

Polish-born chemist Marie Curie

First World War

Marie Curie: a guide to the scientist's life, achievements and legacy

Portrait of King Edward VII

King Edward VII’s love chairHow did Dirty Bertie’s siège d’amour actually work?

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings

Suffragettes history facts: 10 things you might not know about the Votes for Women campaigners

Suffragette Annie Kenney

8 famous suffragettes and votes for women campaigners

Deeds not words | 1. Battlelines are drawn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Davison, photographed a few days before she was fatally injured after stepping in front of the king's horse during the Derby

Emily Davison: the suffragette who stepped in front of the king's horse

The real Lady Whistledown & the golden age of gossip. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scandalous portraits and subversive fashion: John Singer Sargent and the Edwardian elite. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastPeking to Paris: the world’s first great motor race. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A graphic of a detective looking through a magnifying glass at an old fountain pen with a skull on the nib.

The rise of the poison pen: 6 cases of anonymous hate mail in Britain

Photo of Hiram Bingham

General Early Modern

How a proto-Indiana Jones rediscovered the Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu

Mary Sophia Money's brother, Robert Henry Money, is believed to have been the murderer 'Robert Hicks Murray'

Nell Darby's historical cold casesThe Money Murders. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image showing the Edwardians

QuizHow well do you know the Edwardian era?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

OpinionWhy the Edwardian era remains relevant today. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Edwardian family seated at a dinner table

What was life like for women in Edwardian Britain?

Edward Tull-Warnock, who qualified as one of the first black dentists in Britain

The forgotten contributions of black Edwardians in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf and wife of art critic Clive Bell, all of whom were members of the Bloomsbury Group.

Famous EdwardiansFrom Beatrix Potter to Captain Robert F Scott

King Edward VII in his coronation robes.

Edward VIIA guide to the king who ruled over the Edwardian age

Lawn tennis was a popular activity amongst the upper classes in the Edwardian period.

Daily life in the Edwardian era: from hobbies to gadgets

A composite image showing the Edwardians

The Edwardian era: a history guide and timeline of Britain in the reign of Edward VII

Soldiers drafted in to work during a coal porters’ strike in London, shovelling coal

The Great Unrest: what caused the industrial action of 1911–14?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson: a tale of tragedy and survival in the Antarctic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical recipeRoly-poly pudding

Ellis Island: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Edwardians: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?