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1. The simple secret that kept the ordinary Tudor diet surprisingly healthy

   For most people in Tudor England, an ordinary diet was more structured – and often more varied – than we might expect

2. "I can lose myself for hours in a hypnotic trance": why we should all spend more time in archives

   "Every one of us has an archive of our life, which is part of a bigger history", writes Kavita Puri

3. How did people understand pregnancy BEFORE modern medicine?

   HistoryExtra’s Ellie Cawthorne took a brief look back at the wonderfully strange, surprisingly clever and occasionally downright bizarre history of pregnancy

4. History crossword: 6 February

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5. Can you solve our history crossword of the week?

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