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Students voted for the move 1,764 votes to 1,054

You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you’ve seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people’s cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people do wear them as accessories, these colourful stickers are medicated “pimple patches”, designed…

Do you fancy a weekend sword fight or touring a castle dressed as a laundress? Volunteers devoted to ‘living history’ events explain their enduring appeal

New analysis of 17th-century diarist’s French fashion engravings shows he was not only a shrewd political operator but had a keen eye for new trends

Other lives: Former director-general of the Commonwealth Institute and executive secretary of the Royal Society under four presidents

People keep diaries for all sorts of reasons – to record events, work through difficult situations, or manage stress and trauma. The ongoing COVID inquiry shows diaries also have important political and historic significance. The UK’s former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been a key source of evidence,…

Exhibition at museum’s new site will focus on Thomas Dagger and other ordinary Londoners caught up in 1666 inferno

For Marilyn Monroe it was eggs in a glass of milk, for Muhammad Ali it was steak… Rebecca Seal reveals what seven great figures from history had for breakfast - and how you can make it for yourself

While anxiously waiting to see if she can afford to stay in her London flat, Eloise Hendy sought solace in Kieran Yates’s compelling memoir and manifesto ‘All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In’. She speaks to her about the past and present of living in Britain