Social history

New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Simon Schama on American history

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian: rescuer of the Roman Empire

A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

General History

10 ways to start a revolution

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The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

An engraving showing chimneys emitting smoke during the Industrial Revolution

Industrial revolution

Can history help halt the runaway train?

The 14th-century Gough Map

The Gough Map: a map of medieval Britain

An aerial view of Wilton House

Going Dutch: the Glorious Revolution of 1688

Henry VIII, Princess Mary and William Somers

Playing the fool: Tudor jesters

Scout Troop

Baden-Powell, Scouting and the British empire

Alien spaceship landing on rural road

The secret search for aliens

A portrait of William I of Orange. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Death from the shadows: the murder of William the Silent

New recruits march alongside armed officers following the outbreak of the First World War. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

First World War

‘What a terrible thing is war’

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Sin: A History