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Radio Times: a century of British broadcasting . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The striking, surrealism-influenced Radio Times cover shows the transmitter mast at Alexandra Palace

Radio Times at 100: a “vivid running commentary” on a century of British life

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The rise of the poison pen: 6 cases of anonymous hate mail in Britain

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When Vichy France banned rugby

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My history hero Ashley John-Baptiste chooses Walter Tull

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Swathes of Tokyo lie in ruins after the Great Kantō Earthquake on 1 September 1923

The Great Kantō earthquake: a 1923 disaster that left Tokyo in ruins

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What was the March on Washington?

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“I Have A Dream”: the speech that America couldn’t ignore