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20th Century

Rebellion and terrorism

A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards Ludgate Hill Circus and St Paul's Cathedral, London, c1888. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A history of the high street

American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) who wrote under the pseudonym of Mark Twain, standing outside on a porch. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Mark Twain: America’s historical conscience?

A 'poster parade' of Ealing suffragettes advertising a meeting to be held on Ealing Common, 1 June 1912. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

9 historical sites linked to the suffragettes movement

Dandy Gandhi to naked Fakir: the Indian leader's revolutionary dress code

My history hero: Philip Pembroke Stephens (1903–37)

British soldier, explorer and big game hunter Frederick Selous, pictured in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The hunter who became a naturalist

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel

Objects of affection

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936

The 1930s: When the future looked bright

Broadcaster Simon Mayo

My history hero: William Trevelyan Richards

Transport minister Ernest Marples on a road bridge near the London end of the newly opened M1 motorway, 2 November 1959. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The first day on the M1

Youth culture and crime: what can we learn from history?

Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre

Attenborough on Darwin

New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Simon Schama on American history

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Walking with Che Guevara

An engraving showing chimneys emitting smoke during the Industrial Revolution

Can history help halt the runaway train?

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King: A drum major for justice

My history hero: Hubert Butler (1900–1991)

Scout Troop

Baden-Powell, Scouting and the British empire

The members of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Scott of the Antarctic: a true British hero?

Alien spaceship landing on rural road

The secret search for aliens