British prime ministers

A portrait of Sir Robert Peel by by English painter Henry William Pickersgill. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

Sir Robert Peel and the ‘moral authority’ of the House of Commons

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The Special Operations Executive: Churchill’s secret army

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Winston Churchill, 1941. (Photo by War Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

History hero Barbara Taylor Bradford chooses Winston Churchill (1874–1965) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill’s darkest hour . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill’s days of destiny

Historical novelist Robert Harris, whose latest book 'Munich' explores the events at the 1938 Munich Conference. (Alamy)

Neville Chamberlain is underestimated, argues author Robert Harris

British prime minister Winston Churchill and home secretary John Anderson leave 10 Downing Street, London, after a War Council meeting in May 1940. (Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis: Churchill’s darkest hour?

British Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher faces the press outside London's Europa Hotel following her victory in the leadership election, 20 February 1975. (Photo by Frank Barratt/Keystone/Getty Images)

Bolting to the ballot box: Snap elections through history

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Britain’s road to democracy: slow and not always steady

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War: the locomotive of history?

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Cold War summits . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tony Blair asks permission of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government

Elizabeth II and her prime ministers

Daniele Manin proclaiming the Republic of Venice, 22 March 1848. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/A. Dagli Orti/Bridgeman Images)

1848: the year of revolutions

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Benjamin Disraeli, former prime minister of Great Britain.

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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British Conservative politician who served twice as prime minister. (Chris Hellier/Corbis via Getty Images)

My history hero: Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.