In the second of two episodes, Mary S Lovell unpacks the extraordinary and outrageous lives of the six aristocratic sisters in the decades that followed the Second World War

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Could you have survived as a Roman soldier? Here's the surprising truth about life in the ancient army | HistoryExtra

Historian Adrian Goldsworthy reveals the brutal training, bureaucratic grind and uncertain rewards of life in the Roman legions – and why most of us wouldn’t have lasted a week

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From fatal foliage to the perils of ploughing: the Tudor calendar of death | HistoryExtra

Delving deep into reports of coroners’ inquests from Tudor England, Steven Gunn and Tomasz Gromelski show how accidental deaths reveal the rhythms of work, travel and leisure throughout the year

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