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Illustration of Major Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate

Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate: how a mid-life crisis created the 'worst pirate of all time'

Postal workers at a rally outside the houses of parliament, December 2022 and (right) ambulance staff march through London, 1979

Britain’s century of strikes: the history behind today's industrial action

Power dressing: the hidden value of clothes in 19th-century America

Emmett TillThe murder that reshaped the American civil rights movement

Sabotage, cyberwar & assassination: a history of covert action

J. Edgar Hoover holding a gun

How J Edgar Hoover secretly ruled America

The commandos head off in José Ferrer’s Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

Second World War

Cockleshell Heroes: the real story of WW2's Operation Frankton

A painting of Marie Antoinette in 1775

How Marie Antoinette waged a battle for survival

A photograph of Constance Markievicz (Picture by Alamy)

Constance Markievicz’s fight for a free Ireland

Image shows King Stephen, the last Norman King of England

How to be a medieval king6 pieces of advice for would-be rulers

Conspiracy: Hitler’s escape to South America

Conspiracy: did aliens build the pyramids?

Conspiracy: did Anastasia escape her family’s murder?

Conspiracy: who wrote Shakespeare?

Conspiracy: was the moon landing faked?

Conspiracy: the lost civilisation of Atlantis

Hitler and Eva Braun pose with their dogs in 1942

Second World War

Fake news and Nazis: Richard J Evans on the spectre of conspiracies

The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952

A brief history of Boxing Day

Howard Hughes: the troubled tycoon

Alexander the Great’s extraordinary childhood

Alexander the Great dressed as a Byzantine emperor

The remarkable afterlife of Alexander the Great

The life and death of Marie Antoinette: everything you need to know about the last queen of France

The cover of Le Petit Journal, 13 January 1895, showing the "degradation" of Alfred Dreyfus during which his sword was snapped over a warrant officer’s knee (Photo by Leemage / Corbis via Getty Images)

The Dreyfus Affair: how France was divided over a miscarriage of justice

A carving of the Sator Square, 2nd-4th century

General ancient history

Q&AWhat is the Sator Square, and how old is it?

Dandies, fops & macaronis: fashionable men through history

The Imperial State Crown, which alone has 2,868 diamonds, 273 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and 5 rubies is a priceless symbol of the British monarchy (Picture by Getty)

General History

6 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Crown Jewels

Glass of champagne

How did the French 75 cocktail get its name – and what did it have to do with the Royal Flying Corps?

Brits abroad: a history

Conrad Nagel and Dorothy Dalton in movie still from Fool's Paradise, 1921.

Hollywood in the 1920s: stars, scandals and the end of silent films

The House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpole's administration

Your guide toThe South Sea Bubble