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Historian Mary Beard at the Oxford Literary Festival 2019. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

Mary Beard on the nude in western art.

Democratic presidential candidates Birch Bayh, Jimmy Carter, Fred R Harris, Milton Shapp take on the press during the Iowa Democratic Caucus on 11 January 1976. (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

A brief history of the US Democratic Party.

Members of the royal family at an event marking the centenary of the Royal Air Force. (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Opposing the royals: a brief history of republicanism in Britain.

Portrait of John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (Lord Lucan), who disappeared in 1974 following a bloody homicide

The curious case of Lord Lucan + 10 other mysterious disappearances from history.

Princess Margaret wearing a fur coat

The Queen's "rebel sister": 13 facts about Princess Margaret

Illustation of a pope

How long do popes reign? All you need to know about popes and the papacy

Queen Victoria with Prince Albert and their children in 1846. After a painting by F Winterhalter. Victoria’s husband, Albert, “carved out for the crown a moral kind of authority as the nation’s first and model family,” says Sarah Gristwood. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?.

Retiring royals: 9 rulers and royals who stepped down through history.

Ayatollah Khomeini

General ancient history

A brief history of Iran

David Bowie and Twiggy

David Bowie's life in pictures

A curious history of Christmas.

2019 Christmas history podcast quiz.

Rotten boroughs cartoon

9 general election curiosities through history.

British writer Roald Dahl

Second World War

Roald Dahl11 things you might not know about the children's author

Harlech Castle with Snowdonia in the background.

A brief history of Wales: the resilient nation

Julia Lovell’s Maoism: A Global History wins 2019 Cundill History Prize

Statue of Liberty. (Photo by Dreamstime)

A history of the United States.

Actress Sarah Bernhardt, who was personally invited by Oscar Wilde to play the title role in the upcoming London premiere of his play, 'Salomé'.

6 of London theatre’s most notable historical scandals.

Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

The big questionShould museums return their treasures?.

Simon the cat

10 top cats in history

Photo of a gramophone

Q&AWho do we say 'put a sock in it'?

Extinction Rebellion take over Trafalgar Square, London, in protest on 16 October 2019. (Photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

From William Wordsworth to Extinction Rebellion: a history of Britain's green activists.

Queen Elizabeth II

The differences between UK and US governments: a brief guide

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883) (Photo by Getty Images)

Orlando Figes on the transformation of Europe.

A portrait of prime minister Lord Frederick North. His government was the first to be brought down by a vote of no confidence, in 1782. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Vote of no confidence: a brief history.

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The package holiday revolution

Q&AHow did Area 51 become associated with aliens?.

Tom Holland by Helen Atkinson

Tom Holland on Christianity’s enduring legacy.

A gamer plays the video game 'Red Dead Redemption II', an action-adventure and multi-platform western video game developed by Rockstar Studios released on October 26, 2018. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Battlefield V: the real history behind 3 popular video games

Courtiers dancing La Volta in a scene from 1953 film The Sword And The Rose

Strictly shocking: the dances that shook the world.