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20th Century

Graphic photo collage of early 20th-century women engaged in sports—a mountaineer holding a rope, two women practicing jujitsu or grappling, and a golfer swinging a club—set against diagonal pink and blue stripes

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"No votes, no golf!": how the suffragettes made sport a political battlefield. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The country house at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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North Korea's religious dictators. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore sitting indoors on a light-colored sofa. He is bald with a light beard, wearing a dark blue button-down shirt and brown trousers

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"The Iraq War was a disaster": a historian's view on the modern Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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WW2's bloody battle for Arakan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of a teacher standing atop a precarious stack of obsolete technology – TV, radio, computer, laptop – teaching from a book, while a large screen beside her displays an AI chatbot interface

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Robot wars in the classroom: why AI in education is nothing new. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image shows German SS officer Gottlob Berger on the left and British officer George Lascelles on the right. Colditz Castle, where Lascelles was held as a prisoner of war during the Second World War, looms in the background.

Second World War

Hitler ordered my father’s death – but an SS general spared his life

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The Soviet spy who couldn't love. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thatcher, pubs and poverty porn: a gritty history of British sitcoms. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adolf Hitler delivers a speech in Nazi Germany, c1936, raising a clenched fist as he addresses an audience.

Second World War

Did Hitler really shoot himself? Here's why the Führer's death is more complicated than you think

Two overlapping circular portraits on a bright orange background: a black-and-white vintage headshot on the left and a contemporary colour headshot with glasses on the right. The circles intersect with a magenta-tinted overlap in the centre.

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"He came out of the Valleys like a projectile" – and altered the course of British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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20th Century

What is ‘Europe’, anyway?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

CS Lewis

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Christianity, conflict and catastrophe: the life of CS Lewis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit together in an open carriage, smiling and waving to crowds following their wedding at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Harry wears military uniform, while Meghan wears a white wedding dress and veil.

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From Nell Gwyn to Meghan Markle: 9 romances between actors and royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A warmly lit interior staircase with a decorative metal railing curves upward beside a yellow wall covered in framed portraits. Three large formal portraits hang on the left, while a person on a ladder on the right arranges a neat grid of smaller framed photos, suggesting the gallery is being updated or expanded.

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Why does Britain keep changing prime ministers? The answer lies in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A smiling person in the foreground, with two older black‑and‑white portraits behind them and bright festival colours in the background.

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She was hunted by the FBI and transformed British culture – so why haven't you heard of this black activist?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A vintage-looking photograph on a scrapbook page shows a bright, comet-like object streaking across a star-filled night sky above an orange-lit forest reflected in water

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Episode 5Did an alien spacecraft crash-land in Russia?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A worn scrapbook page holds four black-and-white portraits of a young man with a mop-top haircut. The lower-right portrait is emphasized with a hand-drawn red circle

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Episode 3Was Paul McCartney replaced by an imposter?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Crowds gather around Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin during his visit to Manchester in July 1961, months after his historic spaceflight.

Cold War

This Russian hero was a global superstar – but fame came at a heavy cost

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Did Britain really 'keep calm and carry on' in WW2?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Did the Catholic Church support Hitler?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Frida Kahlo: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In December 1929, investigator and ghost hunter Harry Price demonstrates an electric control device he designed to monitor a medium’s movements during séances. (Photo by Alamy)

Victorian

A Victorian ghost hunter investigated Britain’s most haunted house. This is what he found

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Secret life of the hotel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hedy Lamarr: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How WW2 transformed Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5Walt Disney: Cartoon villain or genius leader?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Yuri Gagarin: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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