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Margaret MacMillanWhy are there wars?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"We’ve come to think that peace is normal, but that's not the reality": Margaret MacMillan on humanity's compulsion to go to war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Should I stay or I should go? The problem with historical monuments in 2020. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How should history remember Margaret Thatcher?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In profile: Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II

The history of Japan: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Arnhem: the Battle for the Bridges, 1944. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1930s ghost hunt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

David Olusoga"Black history affects all of us – it is British history". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroFergal Keane chooses Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rasputin: the 'mad monk' who became a friend to the Romanovs

20th Century gallery**The Crown S4 news: Netflix releases first images of Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher**

From Enola Holmes to Fanny Dickens: recognising 5 historical women ‘overshadowed’ by their more famous brothers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

JFK: the path to power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Churchill: the ‘cry-baby’ war hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical recipePrinsesstårta (Princess cake). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ben Macintyre on Agent Sonya – the greatest female spy in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ada Blackjack: how the 'female Robinson Crusoe' escaped death in the Arctic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroMichael Morpurgo chooses Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Days of destiny: 5 key dates in the Battle of Britain

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

The Suffragettes: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld: a Cold War killing?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The big question: has terrorism ever achieved its aims?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rationing, school closures and 'Blitz spirit': how did people cope in WW2?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Exclusive podcastAnita Anand on an orphan radicalised by the Amritsar massacre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain goes to war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Crown S4 cast: which real historical figures feature in season four of Netflix’s royal drama – and what did they really look like?

Spying in WW2: how wartime espionage was just as dramatic as fiction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ernest Bevin: working-class warrior. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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