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Shea Whigham as Roscoe Conkling in the Netflix series Death by Lightning, beside a portrait of the real Conkling.

Who was Roscoe Conkling? The real story of how US politics’ ‘spoils system’ met its match

Episode 1 The VIKING king of England: the story of King Cnut and the Danish conquest of 1016.

On 27 May 1954, Sir Winston Churchill addresses a meeting of the Women’s Conservative Association. Nearly a decade after leading Britain through the Second World War, the prime minister remained a commanding figure in British politics and public life.

Second World War

It was Operation Unthinkable: Churchill's "impossible" plan to start World War 3

Nellie Bly: life of the week.

The improbable alliance that defeated Hitler.

I met two survivors of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. This is their story.

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