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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
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
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!
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