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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)

20th Century

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

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

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The 1992 LA riots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two members of the BEF (British Expeditionary Forces)

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Indian soldiers at Dunkirk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The US cutter Spencer attacks U-boat U-175

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The Battle of the Atlantic: why Britain almost lost to Hitler's U-boats. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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The evolution of the British home: from the Georgian era to the present day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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Cooking for Churchill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Members of 617 squadron, known as the Dambusters

Second World War

How successful was the Dambusters raid?

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Britain at War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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History heroJason Watkins chooses Harold Wilson (1916–95). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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)

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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

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"The war without an end": what happened in Europe after VE Day?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The rise of spiritualism after WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett

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Percy Fawcett and the search for the 'Lost City Of Z'

Photo of JFK in the motorcade

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Who killed JFK? The case that can never be closed

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A Nazi mystery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coco Chanel photographed in Paris, c1936

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Chanel and the Riviera. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rewriting the past: the history that inspired Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

A Wall Street speculator tries to sell his car to passersby

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Your guide to the Great Depression

Prisoners at Bergen-Belsen

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A brief history of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Anne Frank died

Sean Connery and Ursula Andress in a scene from the 1962 film 'James Bond: Dr. No' (Photo by United Artist/Getty Images)

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The spies who inspired Bond. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Astronauts being lifted from the Apollo 13 spacecraft after splashdown in the South Pacific,1970. (Photo by Alamy)

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Apollo 13. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene

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Mary Magdalene: why do people want to believe she was a sinner and prostitute?

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Yuri Gagarin: 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the first man in space

Children in Auschwitz

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The Windermere Children: the remarkable stories of 300 child survivors of the Holocaust

Ramsay MacDonald, the first British Labour prime minister, pictured after the general election of 1931

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A brief history of the Labour Party

Britons watch Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message in 1958. (© Topfoto)

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A brief history of the Christmas Speech

Steve McQueen stars in the 1963 film that turned the 'Great Escape' into a symbol of Allied pluck and ingenuity. (Image by Alamy)

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The not-so Great Escape. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frances Griffiths poses with the fairies

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Fairies, rabbit births and an 'ancient' tiara: what are the greatest historical hoaxes?

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Okinawa: the battle and the bomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American soldiers in Vietnam

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The war that America could never win? Opposition, dissent and the Vietnam War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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