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A painting of Jean Thurel, a French soldier whose life spanned three centuries

Jean Thurel: the oldest soldier in history?

A customer shops for a pistol at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store in Tinley Park, Illinois

The historians’ view: what are the real issues in the US gun control debate?

A uniformed US soldier plants American flags at gravesites on Memorial Day

Memorial Day When was the first, and who founded the US national holiday?

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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, at dusk

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Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war “Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice”

Training of young Rwandan Hutu on the road to Kigali, 27 June 1994

Genocide: what can we learn from history?

Polish coat of arms on red background

Poland and Ukraine’s shared history: how dreams of nationhood endure

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10 April Fools pranks through history that went wrong

The Oxford boat on the Thames during first ever Boat Race between between the Oxford and Cambridge university boat clubs, 1829.

Oxford v Cambridge: A history of the boat race

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Peter Caddick-Adams on the history of neutrality “As many nations found to their cost in the 20th century, declaring neutrality and it being respected are two different matters”

A young woman sat in front of a mirror applies lipstick, 1967

The price of beauty: the dangerous cosmetics used until the 20th century

Bridgerton. (L to R) Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury, Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in episode 201 of Bridgerton.

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The 30th Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1958. (Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

13 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscars