October 2024

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.

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

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The bloody rise of Henry V: how his brutal upbringing propelled him to greatness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on Gaza's astonishing cultural heritage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Child-killing "demon-hosts": pigs in the medieval city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fire rages in Dublin’s ‘Four Courts’, housing the Public Record Office of Ireland, in 1922. Many historical documents were destroyed in the conflagration. (Photo by Getty Images)

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InterviewRobert Bartlett: "The complexity of modern national politics has placed history at risk". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rune stone. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Reading the runes: what we can learn about everyday life in the Viking Age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow, as depicted in a painting from 1851. The French leader is the classic example of a man driven to wage war by a lust for power, says Richard Overy. (Photo by Getty Images)

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What drives our addiction to war?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Catalan Atlas from 1375

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North, south, east and west: how ancient civilisations found their bearings before the compass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Croydon Aerodome, pictured in 1926. Two years earlier, Matthews’ threat to sell his ‘Death Ray’ to a French party had sparked a dash to this airfield by investors determined to stop him. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Amazing livesHarry Grindell Matthews: the strangely inventive mind behind the aerophone and Death Ray. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroMarianna Spring chooses Nellie Bly. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A baby sits on a toilet and pulls toilet paper from a roll

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A brief history of the toilet: wiping, washing – plus, who invented the flush?