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20th Century

Who’s holding the baby? How working mothers navigated the 20th century.

c1935: Beatrice Shilling sits astride her Norton motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

History heroCathy Newman chooses Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990).

Japanese school girls wear protective masks to guard against the influenza outbreak, February 1920. (Photo by Getty Images)

A history of pandemics: from Spanish Flu to Covid-19.

Mel Gibson in a scene from the film 'Braveheart'

Good drama, bad history: 11 historically inaccurate films you need to watch

Pyongyang wreckage, Korean War

The Korean War “created a blood debt that is crucial to understanding North Korean behaviour ever since”.

Britain and the Korean War.

A mushroom cloud produced by the explosion of a hydrogen bomb during Operation Ivy, an American nuclear test that took place in 1952. (SSPL/Getty Images)

How have nuclear weapons shaped global politics? 10 key moments in the post-war atomic world.

Working mothers.

Crowds flock to the beach at Hastings in August 1938. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

Summer holiday revolution: when were Britons first allowed to take paid holiday?

c1962: Military personnel in a car pass through the US Army's Checkpoint Charlie on the Berlin Wall. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

A brief history of Checkpoint Charlie

American spotlight: how today’s protests echo historical outrage.

Britain and the slave trade.

A police officer uses his baton on a protester in Glasgow, 1919

1919: Britain's red summer.

Frank Gillard pictured during a 1944 rehearsal for battle reporting

History heroChris Mason chooses Frank Gillard (1908–98).

Michael Wood on statues"These ‘history wars’ over statues are really about something bigger: about different views of the past, and who controls it".

From Nelson to Churchill: challenging British heroes with Afua Hirsch.

Nazi Germany: everything you wanted to know.

John Profumo in October 1962

Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. When Edward became king in January 1936, he was the darling of the nation. Yet when he abdicated in December 1936, few believed he was making the wrong decision. (Photo by Getty Images)

Love before duty: the story of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

Wrecked buildings in Los Angeles' South Central district following 1992 riots

The 1992 LA riots.

Two members of the BEF (British Expeditionary Forces)

Indian soldiers at Dunkirk.

The US cutter Spencer attacks U-boat U-175

The Battle of the Atlantic: why Britain almost lost to Hitler's U-boats.

The British home has changed substantially in the past 300 years (Illustration by Ed Crooks)

The evolution of the British home: from the Georgian era to the present day.

Annie Gray photographed at her home in East Anglia (Photo by Ian Farrell)

Cooking for Churchill.

Members of 617 squadron, known as the Dambusters

Second World War

How successful was the Dambusters raid?

Britain at War.

Harold Wilson in 1971, after his first period as prime minister. He would take power again in 1974. (Photo by Getty Images)

History heroJason Watkins chooses Harold Wilson (1916–95).

Members of the royal family: Prince Louis; Prince George; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Princess Charlotte; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Princess Anne, Princess Royal; and Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's annual birthday parade on 8 June 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

From The Crown to Queen Elizabeth’s corgis: 24 history questions about the royal family for your home pub quiz

Expelled Germans leaving Poland's western territories

"The war without an end": what happened in Europe after VE Day?.

The rise of spiritualism after WW1.