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20th Century

Behind the scenes of Suzannah Lipscomb’s 'Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home'

A 1954 advertisement for Cooper's Y-Front. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A revealing history of underwear.

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Peaky Blinders: behind the scenes with creator Steven Knight.

The Valletta skyline – in the centre is St Paul's Anglican Cathedral and Carmelite Church. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Malta

Guillaume Apollinaire and his wife, Jacqueline Kolb, on the terrace of the boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, France, in 1918. (Photo by adoc-photos/Corbis via Getty Images)

My history hero: Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918).

Chinese lanterns at Kek Lok Si temple, George Town, Penang, Malaysia. (Photo by Inti St Clair/Getty Images)

My favourite place: Penang, Malaysia

Bhimrao Ambedkar, May 1946. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891–1956).

A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How people make the past.

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh wave from the famous balcony at Buckingham Palace after the Queen's coronation on 2 June 1953. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

7 memorable moments in the history of Buckingham Palace

A brave new world: the 1980s home computer boom

President Ronald Reagan at Durenberger Republican convention rally, 1982. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Ronald Reagan (1911–2004).

16th century engraving depicting a man with leprosy

Q&AHow did doctors treat leprosy?

Aquatic Centre Ferry Dock, Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Vancouver, Canada

The Beatles perform onstage at the Cavern Club, Liverpool in February 1961. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

History explorer: the swinging sixties.

A coffin containing the skeleton of King Richard III sitting in repose inside Leicester Cathedral. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Are we blinded by our love of history?.

Mario Lanza c1950. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Mario Lanza (1921-59).

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Is Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream’ the greatest speech in history?.

Photo of a Canadian postage stamp

Q&AWhen was the first Christmas stamp issued?

John F Kennedy pictured in 1957

My history hero: John F Kennedy (1917–63).

The famous Big Pit Mining Museum in South Wales

History explorer: Britain’s coal industry.

A canal in Venice, Italy

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

A view over Munich, Germany

My Favourite Place: Munich, Germany

Bali, Indonesia

My favourite place: Bali, Indonesia

Patricia Simmons recording the speaking clock.

Q&AWho voiced the original speaking clock?

The 16th-century tower of Belém

My favourite place: Lisbon, Portugal

An attendant and his guard dog at the world's first pet cemetery, Paris,

A dog’s-eye view of Paris.

A 'full English' breakfast

Q&AWhy is a fry-up breakfast called a ‘full English’?

When Hitler took cocaine.

Artist Leonora Carrington

My history hero: Leonora Carrington (1917–2011).

Saranda Kolones, Kato Pathos Archaeological Park

My favourite place: Cyprus