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AC Grayling on the history of philosophy

The 'Afghan Elvis': the extraordinary life of Ahmad Zahir

England Women's World Cup squad, Mexico, 1971

The 1971 Women's World Cup: game changers?

Trading blows: Rana Mitter on the US-China Trade War

Revealed: the history of America’s national anthem

The Repton Stone with detail of mounted warrior.

The problem with the Anglo-Saxons

Out of the closets and into the streets: the legacy of the Stonewall Riots

The four-month Siege of Malta.

The Great Siege of Malta, 1565: the crusaders' last stand

Construction of a medieval church

Bravado or blunder? Architectural fails of medieval church builders

How wild was the Wild West?

The Peterloo Massacre

The Peterloo Massacre: how a peaceful protest turned into bloody chaos

The Knights Templar depicted on an antique map of Jerusalem. (Alamy)

The rise and fall of the Knights Templar

Victorian freak shows

Historian, presenter and author Dan Jones. (David Levenson/Getty Images)

Dan Jones on the Templars and ‘Knightfall’

A portrait of Richard III. Was the last Yorkist king a usurper? Historian John Ashdown-Hill explains why this is a myth. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Did fear drive Richard III to the throne?

Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, seated from left to right, in Yalta for the 'Big Three' Conference. In February 1945, British diplomats were already joking that it was actually a conference of the ‘Big Two-and-a-Half’. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

WW2: When Britain stood (not quite) alone

Winston Churchill gives his famous 'V for Victory' sign while addressing crowds from the balcony of City Hall in Sheffield, November 1941. Churchill's "inspirational" wartime speeches "galvanised the country and became part of our national lexicon", says historian Dr Nick Lloyd. (Photo by Capt. Horton/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)

Debate: Is British history too fixated with the story of the world wars?

Appeasement and the road to World War Two

The battle for Okinawa: one Marine’s story

The women of Bletchley Park

Women in traditional Welsh dress, c1896. (Past Pix/SSPL/Getty Images)

Wales: In search of a history

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, pictured in 1967 with his third wife, Farah Diba, and their son Reza. His attempted reforms during his final years in power alienated many of his nation's people. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Iranian Revolution: why 1979's uprising still shapes the Middle East

'Peter Pan and Wendy' by James Matthew Barrie.

8 of the best dogs in history

At home with the royals

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo (18 June 1815) after his defeat by the British under Wellington and the Prussians commanded by Blucher. A print from 'Le Patriote Illustre'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

What is the significance of Waterloo?

What did Magna Carta mean to the English in 1215?

General History

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How is the image of revolutionary Che Guevara commodified? Alex von Tunzelmann explores. (Photo by Francois ANCELLET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Che Guevara: face of the revolution

The Lord's pavilion

Lord's cricket ground: the mecca of the sport

9 eccentric monarchs through history