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Keeping clean in the 16th-century: how often did ordinary Tudors wash? | HistoryExtra
In the sixth episode of her HistoryExtra Academy series Tudor Life, social historian Ruth Goodman dives into how much we know about the hygiene habits of ordinary Tudors. How clean were they, and did it matter? She also looks at the clothes people wore in the period – from commoners all the way to Henry VIII
Glitz, glamour and Gatsby? Not quite. Here’s why the Art Deco movement is darker than you think | HistoryExtra
Art Deco became the defining style of the interwar years. But its bold glamour rested on a questionable patchwork of inspiration from across antiquity, from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb to majestic Aztec temples
Ask the Tudor expert! Join our live Q&A with historian Ruth Goodman | HistoryExtra
Join historian Ruth Goodman for a live Q&A on Tudor Life, 19 November at 7pm (GMT). Send questions in advance to historyextraweb@immediate.co.uk. Exclusive for HistoryExtra members – find a link to join the event below!
Could you survive in the vicious Gilded Age? Here are the original influencer's secrets to success | HistoryExtra
Long before Blair Waldorf ruled Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Alva Vanderbilt was orchestrating social coups, courting scandals and forging feminist crusades that made her the undisputed queen of New York society