May 2022 (Issue 107)

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Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779.

What great paintings say Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Image of Empress Matilda

What if… Empress Matilda had defeated King Stephen? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Armstrong's wife Katherine died in February 1921 after months of ill-health. Police found high levels of arsenic after her body was exhumed and he was charged for his wife's murder Major and Mrs. Herbert Armstrong. January 1922 (Photo by WATFORD/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Herbert Rowse Armstrong Innocent solicitor or guilty murderer?

Painting showing the surrender at Yorktown – a man on a horse moves between two lines of cavalry

When and how did the American Revolution end?

The battle of Brooklyn (aka the battle of Long Island), 27 August 1776

American Revolutionary War: the 9 battles that made the United States

The first major clash of the war of American independence, at Bunker Hill

Tea, taxes and the taking up of arms: a timeline of the American Revolution