20th Century

Prinsesstårta. (Photo by Samantha Nott)

Historical recipes: Prinsesstårta – learn how to make

Fresh recruits on parade at North Frith Barracks, Hampshire, in 1953 following their call-up for National Service

Your guide to... National Service in Britain

British author, historian, reviewer and columnist Ben Macintyre

Second World War

Ben Macintyre on Agent Sonya – the greatest female spy in history

The 1921 Wrangel Island expedition team: Ada Blackjack, Allan Crawford, Lorne Knight, Fred Maurer, Milton Galle, and Victoria the cat. (Photo by Alamy)

Ada Blackjack: how the ‘female Robinson Crusoe’ escaped death in the Arctic

Krystyna Skarbeck, also called Christine Granville

Second World War

My history hero: Michael Morpurgo chooses Krystyna Skarbek

Charles and Camilla, 1979

Prince Charles and Camilla: a history of their romance

Queen Victoria with her children and grandchildren

The marriages of Queen Victoria’s grandchildren: how the dynasty shaped Europe

A suffragette march

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Suffragettes, but were afraid to ask

Bernstein and Woodward, the journalists who broke the Watergate scandal

Your guide to… the Watergate scandal

Dag Hammarskjöld

The mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld: a Cold War killing?

Illustration by Joey Guidone

The big question: has terrorism ever achieved its aims?

Queen Elizabeth II visits the Welsh mining town of Aberfan in 1966 following the disaster, and actor Olivia Colman recreates the tragic scene in series three of The Crown.

Netflix’s The Crown: the real history behind the royal drama

London during the Blitz - the systematic night-time bombing of the British by the Luftwaffe in 1940 - 1941. (Photo by Getty Images)

Rationing, school closures and ‘Blitz spirit’: how did people cope in WW2?

Anita Anand (Image by Sukhi Dhanda).

Exclusive podcast Anita Anand on an orphan radicalised by the Amritsar massacre

Police and railwaymen assist some of the 800 evacuee children as they leave Ealing Broadway station, London, for the country on 1st September 1939 (Photo by Getty Images)

Second World War

Britain goes to war