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Churchill vs Stalin: did this one speech cause the Cold War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"We shall never surrender": 14 quotes that have defined the past century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1Could YOU survive Henry VIII’s reign?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Stranger Things to communist cars: why we can't resist nostalgia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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I’ve just been to Europe’s weirdest theme park – and came face to face with Josef Stalin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"Forget AI – never has the role of the historian been more urgent". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Rome fell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fascism? No thanks! Why Britain rejected extremism in the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The prince and the brothel: 6 scandals that rocked the British monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The SAS played a vital role in defeating Hitler – so why did Britain disband them?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History’s 8 biggest land deals: how the US more than doubled in size – and why it agreed to leave Greenland alone. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Meet the incredible woman who saved Portugal's Jews. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Bengal Famine was one of the 20th century's greatest tragedies – so why is there no memorial to it?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Churchill to Vietnam: protests that changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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She defied the Nazis and paid the ultimate price: why I'm in awe of Sophie Scholl's courage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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George Washington is an American hero – so why was he the pride of Victorian England?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The US 'voodoo' scare: why 19th-century racists spread fake news about Haiti. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on the rise and fall of Asian empires. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fake news and the Dreyfus affair: the media-fuelled scandal that divided France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

After Franco: Spain's miraculous transition to democracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Who should decide the stories museums tell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on China's immense suffering in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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When was the White House built – and why is it white?

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5 things you (probably) didn't know about the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

LEFT TO RIGHT: US president William McKinley is shot in 1901; John F Kennedy in Dallas, moments before his murder in 1963; the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981.

"Violence and American politics have gone hand in hand right from the beginning": a history of political violence

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Why you should avoid hair-pulling, and cannibalism, at royal banquets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soviet dissidents who challenged the Kremlin

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Senkichi Awaya: the lost mayor of Hiroshima. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri on VJ Day: "We don't talk about the war in Asia – which was a messy, complicated conflict". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "A UK museum that tells the long, rich history of migration is long overdue". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.