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History is full of things that disappeared from the standard version of the story. Forgotten people, abandoned ideas, strange practices and ordinary objects can reveal just as much about the past as kings, wars and famous dates.

Here we look sideways at history — towards the overlooked details, unexpected connections and episodes that deserve another look. The past is rarely as tidy as the version that eventually makes it into the textbook.