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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

Have nuclear weapons helped to maintain global peace?

(Illustration by Kate Hazell for BBC World Histories Magazine)

Back down to Earth: the legacy of the 1969 moon landing

Illustration by Kate Hazell for BBC History Magazine.

From Churchill and Roosevelt to May and Trump: 75 years of the ‘special relationship’ between the US and the UK

Star of the east
Ahmad Zahir was born into a high-ranking family in Afghanistan,
and used his charisma and musical talent to carve a hugely successful
but tragically short career as the country’s foremost singing star.
He played a huge range of innovative music, and many of his
songs touched on political and social themes.

The ‘Afghan Elvis’: the extraordinary life of Ahmad Zahir

The US–China trade war feels as if it’s blown up very suddenly, but a long and unhappy history of trade between China and the west is still well-remembered in Beijing. Rana Mitter examines the history. (Illustration by Kate Hazell for BBC World Histories Magazine)

Trading blows: Rana Mitter on the US-China Trade War

How is the image of revolutionary Che Guevara commodified? Alex von Tunzelmann explores. (Photo by Francois ANCELLET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Che Guevara: face of the revolution

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