South America

Passengers reading a newspaper while waiting to disembark from the 'Empire Windrush' at Tilbury, having sailed from Jamaica, taken by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald newspaper, 21 June 1948.

Do we need to decolonise history? And if so, how?

Max Adams. (Photo by Kona Macphee/Royal Literary Fund)

Remarkable women through history

A poverty-stricken migrant mother with three young children by Dorothea Lange, colourised by Marina Amaral. (Photo courtesy of Head of Zeus)

History in colour

Rags and riches: Enslaved people wash diamonds in Brazil, guarded by armed overseers, in a German engraving of 1828. Diamonds were discovered in Minas Gerais state in the late 17th century. (Picture by Alamy)

Brazil: a society shaped by slavery

Plaza de Armas in historic center of Cusco, Peru

Explore Cusco, Peru: Navel of the Incan world

Brazil's oldest museum was gutted by a fire that destroyed most of the 20 million artefacts it housed. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Brazil’s National Museum fire in context

Podcast Brian Glanville

The World Cup story

Barry Cunliffe and David Abulafia

Living with the oceans

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Violeta Parra and the birth of ‘New Song’

An indigenous Aymara woman selling herbs at La Paz's Witches' Market

Explore La Paz, Bolivia: the history of the turbulent city of peace

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Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z: The history behind the film

Monument to Alexander von Humboldt

Books interview with Andrea Wulf: “Alexander von Humboldt is the forgotten father of environmentalism”

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda

Q&A Where did the famous portrait of Che Guevara come from?

Historic San Felipe de Barajas castle is one of the main attractions in Cartagena, Colombia. (Image: Thinkstock by Getty Images)

General prehistory

My favourite place: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

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My favourite place: Miranda Kaufmann