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20th Century

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary.

Debating British monarchy.

A 1950s woman at a grocery store. (Photo by ClassicStock / Alamy)

9 ways our food shopping habits have changed since 1947.

A statue of celebrated English nurse and wartime heroine, Edith Cavell

First World War

History heroKate Mosse chooses Edith Cavell (1865–1915)

Sicily

My favourite place: Sicily

Stalin’s early years and Mein Kampf.

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

Berlin Wall in November 1989

The story of Germany.

Eleanor Roosevelt

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962).

An elevated view over Stiftskirche & surrounding township, Baden-Baden, Germany

My favourite place: The Black Forest, south-west Germany

England captain Bobby Moore

My history hero: Bobby Moore.

Second World War soldiers

Second World War

QuizTest your knowledge of WW2 history

A view of English Harbour in Antigua

My favourite place: Antigua

Picture of Chrysippus of Soli

Q&AHas anyone ever died of laughter?

Photo of cherry bakewells

Q&AIs the Bakewell tart really from Bakewell?

The German view on the First World War.

Photo of Uruguay football players celebrating victory

Q&AWho won the first FIFA World Cup?

Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie Mandela upon his release from prison. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

My history heroNelson Mandela (1918-2013).

10 amazing Punch magazine sketches from 1859 to 1981

How did it become a gesture of well-wishing to say to an actor before they go on stage "break a leg"? (Photo by Andrys Lukowski via iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Q&AWhy do we say ‘Break a leg’?

Ye olde travel guide: Goree, 1782.

Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist Cyril Lionel Robert James talking to a group of students at Speakers' Corner, London, in 1967. (Photo by Roy Milligan/Daily Express/Getty Images)

My history hero: CLR James (1901–89).

Diana Lynn, Bonzo the chimpanzee, and Ronald Reagan in a publicity photo for the 1951 film 'Bedtime for Bonzo'. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Ronald Reagan: 10 facts about the 40th president of the USA.

An illustrated map of Seville.

Ye olde travel guide: Seville, 1670.

Portrait of Ian Morris

Books interview with Ian Morris: "War can be a productive force in that it produces larger, more peaceful societies".

Canadian troops returning from the combined operations raid at Dieppe. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

The LibraryBritain and France: Empires under fire.

D-Day landings and the original singing dog: top 10 British Pathé videos

The family of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, c1910.

Books interview with Helen Rappaport: the Romanov sisters.

First World War

Behind the scenes of new First World War drama The Crimson Field

British film director Alfred Hitchcock perched on either arm in a promotional still for his film, 'The Birds', c1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980).