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Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev looking disappointed frustrated

The 1986 Reykjavík Summit: when hopes for nuclear peace were dashed.

An indigenous Aymara woman selling herbs at La Paz's Witches' Market

ExploreLa Paz, Bolivia: the history of the turbulent city of peace.

Pamir Mountains - know as Bam-i-dunya, 'Roof of the World'

In the footsteps of Alexander Gardner, a Victorian adventurer who travelled to the Hindu Kush.

Armed Apache Warriors, Geronimo's Camp

The fight for the American west: how myth obscures reality.

Government troops patrol a village during the Salvadoran Civil War

The end of El Salvador's civil war.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Christopher de Bellaigue in conversation

The Islamic Enlightenment: Christopher de Bellaigue and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in conversation.

A still from 'Guerrilla', a new Sky Atlantic drama inspired by emergence of British Black Power. (Sky UK Limited)

'Guerrilla' and the real history of British Black Power

The ‘Father of History’ and India in the British empire.

BBC History Magazine

In profile: the 2017 Wolfson History Prize shortlist

A typewriter. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Q&A: Who invented the ‘QWERTY’ typewriter layout?

Who decided Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, should be executed?

America in World War One and a naval tragedy.

Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps find another use for discarded helmets in France during the First World War. (Alamy)

Female Tommies: women in the First World War.

Spying on the king: when MI5 targeted Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

First World War

In pictures: Zeppelin raids on First World War Britain

What's it like to be a female historian in the 21st century?.

BBC History Magazine

Shortlist announced for 2017 Wolfson History Prize

Women in popular history.

May 2017

Ruth Williams Khama: first lady of Botswana

An illustration of the novel ‘The War of the Worlds’ by HG Wells, made by Henri Lanos, 1905. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

In thrall to the red planet: 5 facts about our view of Mars through history.

Roots: a necessary portrayal of transatlantic slavery?.

Blitzkrieg.

History of Harrods: a brief guide to the Knightsbridge landmark

Rune Temte as Ubba in 'The Last Kingdom'

Behind the scenes: series one of The Last Kingdom

Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z: The history behind the film.

The weird and wonderful world of Victorian entertainment.

Getting the history right on '1066: A Year to Conquer England'

Martin Luther (centre) preaching. With one hand he points to popes, monks and cardinals going down the mouth of hell; with the other he points to the crucifix. (Getty Images)

Books interview with Eamon Duffy: "You could call the Reformation the original Brexit".

British comedian and actor Arthur Askey at the London Palladium, February 1968. (Photo by David Cairns/Daily Express/Getty Images)

History Hero: Arthur Askey (1900–82).