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20th Century

Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)
20th Century

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

Prime minister Ramsay MacDonald (left) and chancellor Philip Snowden (right) at 10 Downing Street in 1929, two years before they formed a controversial National Government (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
20th Century

Alleged coups and government traitors: conspiracy theories in 20th-century British politics

A uniformed US soldier plants American flags at gravesites on Memorial Day
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Memorial Day A brief history

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The waxing crescent moon rises over frosty rocks near the small settlement of Sligachan, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
20th Century

Danny Robin's paranormal cold cases A Highlands horror story

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20th Century

Mountaineering on Everest: everything you want to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Junko Tabei and Ang Tsering pictured on the slopes of Everest
20th Century

Q&A Who was the first woman to climb Everest?

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, born the son of a humble yak farmer, pictured around the time of his Everest triumph of 1953 (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
20th Century

Tenzing Norgay The Sherpa who first conquered the world's highest mountain

A photograph of Tenzing Norgay (left) and Edmund Hillary, sharing a smile in 1953, shortly after scaling Everest.
20th Century

Everest The story of the race to the top of the world

Patrice Lawrence and Lord Kitchener
20th Century

My history hero Patrice Lawrence chooses Lord Kitchener

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Britain in the 1990s: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Construction of the Berlin Wall begins at Ebertstrasse. The barrier would divide the city for 28 years (Photo by von der Becke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain

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Netta holds the Eurovision trophy aloft while singing the winning song for Israel at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest grand final
20th Century

Eurovision history: from the first competition to the story behind voting blocs

Prince Charles, aged 4, driving a toy car in the grounds of Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
21st Century

King Charles III A life in pictures

A dish of coronation chicken
20th Century

Historical recipe: Annie Gray’s coronation chicken

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