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118 months ago

The Pentrich Uprising - the last attempt at armed revolution in England - saw government agents and a rigged trial used to demonise radicals.
87 months ago

Events will mark 200th anniversary of Pentrich Revolution, when weavers and miners tried to overthrow the government.
87 months ago

Tambora's sulfur dioxide emissions created atmospheric aerosol particles which disrupted global weather patterns, bringing famine – and Frankenstein (see box)...
99 months ago

Alice Wheeldon was an anti-war activist during World War I who was unjustly imprisoned by a vindictive and repressive government,...
110 months ago

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87 months ago

The Pentrich Uprising, in which hundreds of labourers marched upon Nottingham from Pentrich, Derbyshire, resulted in executions, deportations and imprisonment.
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A dispute between William Brittlebank and local doctor William Cuddie, over Brittlebank's sister, led to the latter being shot in Winster, Derbyshire.
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Profile of the famous figures who've run as parliamentary candidates - from Katie Price to Auberon Waugh.
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