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Chorus girls in Paris
Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.
Esther Inglis's musical self portraits
Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.
The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists
Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.
Tudor music and politics
Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.
Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem
Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens
