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20th Century

An engraving depicting London's Piccadilly Circus heaving with crowds on their way to The Great Exhibition of 1851. A banner reading 'God save the Queen and Prince Albert' has been strung across the street. Within the Crystal Palace some 100,000 objects were displayed – taking up ten miles of space – the work of 15,000 contributors. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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From the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Britain: the decline and fall of the British empire

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Britain’s Swinging Sixties: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hitler and Stalin: tyrants at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How historians helped build the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image of Joseph Stalin (left) and Adolf Hitler

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Hitler and Stalin’s utopian dreams

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When British pop invaded America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The collapse of the Third Reich. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard Nixon resigns

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Which US presidents have been impeached? A brief history of presidential impeachment

The city Bhaktapur looming over the Kathmandu valley

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The hippy trail: a pan-Asian journey through history

Félix Kir in 1947, when he was the mayor of Dijon

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History heroSimon Farnaby chooses Félix Kir (1876–1968)

Muslim women embrace after Ramadan ends, 2012

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"Does every generation have to prove itself in Britain?" Kavita Puri on the experiences of South Asians in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was the 1990s a golden age for British South Asians?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie in profile: facts about her life

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Editor’s pick: Ian Kershaw on postwar Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Helen Keller

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Brexit’s long historical roots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Robert Tombs, Fellow of French history at St John's College

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"Both sides of the Brexit debate have got things wrong about our history": Robert Tombs on Britain's complex relationship with Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Editor’s pick: Lenin’s revolutionary train journey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill in the 2018 Oscar winner 'Darkest Hour'.

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Think pieceOur dangerous devotion to the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The battle for Sicily, 1943. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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German Jews in WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' (2020): Viola Davis as Ma Rainey. (Photo by David Lee/Netflix)

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Who was Ma Rainey, “mother of the blues”?

Historian Margaret Macmillan

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"To destroy a library is to erase part of the cultural memory of humankind": Margaret MacMillan on war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A WW2 story of survival. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hunting down the Portland Spy Ring. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The gay MPs who opposed appeasement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Georg Elser, a little-known carpenter-turned-assassin whose daring attempt to kill Hitler almost succeeded

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Georg Elser: the man who nearly assassinated Hitler. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Toby WilkinsonThe rediscovery of Ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Castro and the trip that shaped the 1960s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Washington Carver in a laboratory

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History heroGillian Burke chooses George Washington Carver (c1864–1943). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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