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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the closing bell on 29 September 2008. A record 778 points were wiped off the Dow Jones that day, as the 2008 financial crisis pushed the world's banking system to the edge of collapse. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The credit crunch: "It's a story of hubris followed by a fall". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The march for Catalan Independence held in Barcelona, 11 September 2014 (Photo by Jordi Elias Grassot/Alamy)

Scots and Catalans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting depicting Cromwell at the head of his troops following the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, by Ernest Crofts. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images)

Oliver Cromwell: the secret of his military genius. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles de Gaulle reconsidered. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Nelson Mandela. Peter Hain told the History Extra podcast about the South African leader’s remarkable achievements in the face of tremendous adversity. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

Peter Hain on Nelson Mandela: “A symbol for good leadership in the world”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ireland’s past and present. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of British Conservative prime minister Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), c1845. The Victorian prime minister, who is best known for repealing the Corn Laws in 1846, has been likened by the Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg to the sitting prime minister, Theresa May. May risks “splitting the Conservative party like Sir Robert Peel" if she fails to deliver a clean break from the European Union, Rees-Mogg has warned. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sir Robert Peel and Theresa May: a suitable comparison?

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

Sarah Churchwell and Adam IP Smith in conversation

Behold, America: Sarah Churchwell in conversation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

National debt podcast

The national debt dilemma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Early 20th century image showing a tribune in the Roman Republic. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Elections in the late Roman Republic: how did they work?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Grenfell Tower: from hope to tragedy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

President Ronald Reagan throwing a football from his desk in the Oval Office. (Photo by Mary Anne Fackelman-Miner/White House/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Opinion: the conservative legacy of Ronald Reagan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The mystery of Donald Maclean. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

America's changing dream. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryKarl Marx: the godfather of revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Benjamin Tillett, organiser of the Docker's Union and leader of the London Transport Worker's strike in 1911, addressing a rally of the strikers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The essay: Britain’s cautious revolutionaries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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

The Marshall Plan and the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman votes for the first time in 1918 Britain

What was the 1918 Representation of the People Act?

Mahatma Gandhi in Britain

Gandhi in Britain

Chatsworth House

History explorer: Politics and power in Georgian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill leaves a cabinet meeting

Churchill’s days of destiny. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, depicted in an undated Communist poster. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The red dawn: the October Revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Munich Conference. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis: Churchill’s darkest hour?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What are Henry VIII powers?

The White House, Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

QuizHow much do you know about US presidents?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

China in World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.