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Historian Alex Von Tunzelmann. (Photographed by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Alex Von Tunzelmann “Debates about statues are often posed in simplistic primary colours”

A plane crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center

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Allied convoy PQ 17 is attacked by a German torpedo aircraft on its way across the Arctic Ocean, c1942. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

“The worst journey in the world”: the Arctic convoys of the Second World War

Richard Broome explores the experiences of Aboriginal Australians after the arrival of white settlers in the 1780s. (Image by Getty Images)

Aboriginal Australians: a modern history

US secretary of state William Seward (seated left) signs the agreement to buy Alaska from Russia in 1867

America’s hidden empire: the USA’s forgotten imperial expansion

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The Statue of Liberty against a blue sky

Q&A Was the Statue of Liberty designed specifically for the United States?

Illustration showing the traders who made a fortune during the wake of the Black Death

Merchants of doom: the traders who profited from the Black Death

A portrait of Princess Elizabeth

The birth of Elizabeth I: everything you need to know

Margalit Fox shares the story of two British prisoners of war who used a ouija board to launch an escape bid during the First World War

First World War

Seances, skis and secrets: an extraordinary WWI escape

Robert Hutchinson answers your questions on England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. (Image by Getty Images)

The Spanish Armada: everything you wanted to know

Saul David discusses his new history of the Special Boat Service – a daring maritime unit that played a crucial role in Allied victory in WW2.

Second World War

The Special Boat Service: WW2’s silent heroes

Dan Jones explores the similarities and differences between the medieval experience and our lives today. (Image by Getty Images)

The surprisingly modern Middle Ages

Soldiers disembark a landing craft with a battle on the beach beyond

How to win a 20th-century battle

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Rege-Jean Page as Simon Basset and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton

The best historical TV shows and movies to stream in 2021