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Extinction Rebellion take over Trafalgar Square, London, in protest on 16 October 2019. (Photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

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From William Wordsworth to Extinction Rebellion: a history of Britain's green activists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peter Hennessy on Britain in transition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover: how the 'obscene' book caused a moral storm

Margaret Thatcher surrounded by British soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment, during a surprise visit to the Falkland Islands, January 1983. Britain has "ceased to be a nation in retreat," declared the prime minister in the wake of the victory over Argentine forces.

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How the Falklands War fired up Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: Soviet cosmonauts and the birth of the space age

Billy Fullerton, gang chief of the Glasgow gang the Billy Boys

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Who were the real Billy Boys, the Glasgow gang in Peaky Blinders?

A cartoon from 1862 shows a pair 'garroters' attacking a victim. (Photo by The Cartoon Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Gangs and knife-crime fears: how has Britain responded through history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British journalist Tom Wintringham (1898–1949), the candidate for the Christian Socialist Commonwealth Party. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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History heroPeter Tatchell chooses Tom Wintringham (1898–1949). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II

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The differences between UK and US governments: a brief guide

On 20 July 1969, Lunar Module 'Eagle' touched down gently on the Sea of Tranquility on the moon. (Photo by NASA/Newsmakers via Getty Images)

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From ‘moon-germs’ to motion sickness: health and safety on NASA’s 1969 lunar landing mission. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of George V's wife, Queen Mary, who was born Princess Mary of Teck.

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Was Queen Mary, wife of George V, a kleptomaniac?

A portrait of prime minister Lord Frederick North. His government was the first to be brought down by a vote of no confidence, in 1782. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Vote of no confidence: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The package holiday revolution

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Soldiers at the battle of Arnhem

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9 things you (probably) didn’t know about the battle of Arnhem

The wrecked remains of an Allied glider that participated in Market Garden

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Why Operation Market Garden, the Allies' battle for Arnhem, was a disaster in the planning

A dinner scene from Downton Abbey, with large candlesticks on the table

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Could you survive an Edwardian dinner party?

King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and their daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret of United Kingdom. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Chancellor Adolf Hitler with President Paul von Hindenburg, Berlin, 1 May 1933

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Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis

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Neil MacGregor photographed in London. “It seemed a good juncture, as Britain sets to leave the EU and operate alone on the world stage, to get a sense of how other countries view us,” he says. (Image by Chris McAndrew)

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Neil MacGregor: “A consistent element of Britain’s image has been the lonely fighter standing against foreign tyranny”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Courtiers dancing La Volta in a scene from 1953 film The Sword And The Rose

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A photo which was believed to be of the Loch Ness Monster

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The quest for the Loch Ness Monster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American business magnate JD Rockefeller sits at a desk

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Q&AWho was the first billionaire?

The Pearl Harbour attack

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The 11 most significant battles of WW2

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Top tips for studying history at university

US President John F Kennedy gives his first State of the Union address to Congress at the House of Representatives, Washington DC, 30 January 1961. Kennedy is one of eight presidents to have died during their term in office. (Photo by NASA/SSPL/Getty Images)

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Q&AHow many US presidents died in office?

US soldiers in Vietnam

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Changdeokgung Palace in South Korea

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Families in a London slum, c1900

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