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The sapphire-and-diamond coronet designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria in 1840, the year they married – the sapphires signify royalty, faith and trust (Credit: V&A Museum)
The Collection

The 10 most iconic jewels in history

By Daisy Woodward

Arseny Avraamov
Music

The forgotten Soviet genius of music

By Alex Sakalis
Vintage image of couple
The Collection

The secret Victorian language for now

By Emma Flint
Vauxhall
The Collection

Scandalous roots of the amusement park

By Cath Pound
Knossos fresco
The Collection

The mysterious ancient culture for now

By Beverley D'Silva
Venus
Art

How fear shaped ancient mythology

By Daisy Dunn
The KiMo Theatre in New Mexico, USA, is adorned with traditional Navajo emblems (Credit: Alamy)
History

The ancient symbol that was hijacked

By Kalpana Sunder
(Credit: Sky)
History

Ancient Rome's most controversial woman

By Daisy Dunn
(Credit: Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
Art

The 'Ghost Army' that helped win WW2

By Matthew Wilson
(Credit: DC Films/Warner Bros)
Film

The ancient roots of Wonder Woman

By Kimiya Shokoohi
Alamy
Poetry

A 13th-Century poet’s lessons for today

By Joobin Bekhrad
Getty Images
Books

Why we can’t get enough of the Tudors

By Hephzibah Anderson
The Wounded Achilles, 1825, by Filippo Albacini (Credit: Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth/ Chatsworth Settlement Trustees)
History

Did the Trojan War actually happen?

By Daisy Dunn
(Credit: Griffith Institute, University of Oxford; colourised by Dynamichrome)
Art history

How a tomb cast a spell on the world

By Patricia Clavin
Hitler (Credit: Getty)
Comedy

How Britain fought Hitler with humour

By Kristina Moorehead
Alamy
Books

A clear-eyed view of evil and pain

By Thomas Graham