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20th Century

Bright pink background with two large overlapping circles. In the left circle, an older woman with a bright pink bob haircut smiles warmly at the camera. She wears bold blue eye makeup, a colorful patterned jacket in pink and yellow, and a chunky metallic statement necklace. In the right circle, a sepia-toned vintage photograph shows a younger woman with short dark hair in profile, holding a cigarette to her lips and looking off to the side with a serious expression

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"She was like an angel – albeit one with claws": Zandra Rhodes chooses Adel Rootstein (1930–62) as her history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thomas Edison: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo collage featuring three images. On the top left is a black and white photograph of a group of men and women pulling an aeroplane. On the bottom left is a black and white photograph of five men, three in military uniform, standing outside a hut that is advertising fish and chips. On the right is an image of a large group of soldiers walking through a city, holding large flags.

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Fascism? No thanks! Why Britain rejected extremism in the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black and white photograph of three men wearing striped helmets sitting in a bob sled. Behind them, a large crowd of men, wearing white jumpers and caps and helmets

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London 1908 was the weirdest Winter Olympics in history – and here's why. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A coloured engraving showing a large group queuing up to go into a dance ball. Each couple is holding hands, and the men are wearing high necked suits and the women are in long colourful gowns

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Lonely hearts and holiday flings: a brief history of dating. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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First World War

How the work of American folk song collectors inspired The History of Sound

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Francisco Franco: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Robert McNamara: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The hidden history of US immigration detention. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emperor Hirohito: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marty Reisman and Timothee Chalamet as Marty Mauser in the 2025 film Marty Supreme.

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No, Marty Supreme isn’t a true story. But the history of the real Marty Reisman is just as exciting

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The summer that changed everything for the Kennedys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Idi Amin's willing helpers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A British government poster highlighting the dangers of Aids, 1987

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Aids: the epidemic that changed Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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WW2's Tunisian campaign: the Stalingrad of Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Forgotten female secret agents of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What does Hitler’s DNA really tell us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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After Franco: Spain's miraculous transition to democracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A new history of multicultural Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The librarian who stole KGB secrets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill wearing glasses and a bow tie, with his arms outstretched beside a microphone, in a black-and-white photograph set against a dark red background.

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It was Operation Unthinkable: Churchill’s “impossible” plan to start World War 3

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The improbable alliance that defeated Hitler. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"Imagine starting a life with so little": the stories of South Asians in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Five partitions that shaped South Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The REAL history behind 'All Creatures Great and Small'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Malcolm X: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frogmore Cottage and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Your history guide to Frogmore Cottage: who has lived there before?

A portrait of F Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby who evoked the glamour and restlessness of the Art Deco era in his fiction.

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Glitz, glamour and Gatsby? Not quite. Here’s why the Art Deco movement is darker than you think

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Reagan's plan to 'make America great again'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Aneurin Bevan: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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