Politics

Ramsay MacDonald, the first British Labour prime minister, pictured after the general election of 1931

A brief history of the Labour Party

Listening in: a doctor uses a stethoscope to examine a patient in 1948. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

The birth pains of the NHS: how Britain’s National Health Service was created

Two American soldiers wait for the second wave of combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division during Operation Pershing during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War defined America in the second half of the 20th century. (Photo by Patrick Christain/Getty Images)

Your guide to the Vietnam War – plus 7 surprising facts you might not know

James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare and America. (Images by Dreamstime)

How William Shakespeare shaped America

Bernard, abbot of Arbroath, and Robert Bruce hold up the Declaration of Arbroath on a monument in the town. (Image by Getty Images)

Scotland’s cry for liberty: the Declaration of Arbroath

The Millennium Centre in Cardiff. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Wales’s turbulent 20th century

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler watch a Nazi parade staged for the Italian dictators's visit to Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

How do dictators seize power? The malevolent careers of eight 20th-century leaders explained

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler watch a Nazi parade staged for the Italian dictators's visit to Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

Dictators explained

100 women who changed the world

Women’s history month: 11 podcasts to listen to

“I have a dream”: the story of Martin Luther King’s struggle for civil rights in America

Nancy Astor on the campaign trail in 1919

Nancy Astor facts: who was the first female MP in British history to take her seat in parliament?

The Cato Street conspiracy

Georgian terrorists: the Cato Street Conspiracy

Bloody designs: Cato Street conspirators (from l to r) John Monument, Arthur Thistlewood, William Davidson and Richard Tidd. The plotters planned to sever cabinet-members' heads and stick them on poles at Westminster Bridge. (Photo by Getty Images/Alamy)

The Cato Street conspiracy Georgian terrorists: the bungled plot to kill the cabinet

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump

From Lincoln to Trump: a brief history of the US Republican Party

The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, on display at the British Museum. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

8 facts about the Elgin Marbles