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Counter revolution: how the kitchen changed in the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Second World War

Is The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare based on a true story? The audacious real history of Operation Postmaster

Q&AThe Crystal Palace was constructed of iron and glass – so how and why did it burn down?

Why did the Soviet Union adopt the hammer and sickle, and how did it become a symbol of communist revolution?

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

The lost Kennedy: the tragic life of JFK’s sister Rosemary

What was the Chappaquiddick incident?

My history heroRuby Turner chooses Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beauty before durability: the interwar beginnings of fast fashion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The madcap Paris Olympics: the chaos that nearly derailed the 1900 Games. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Josef Stalin: the paranoid dictator who forged the Soviet Union into a superpower

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: how Gurdip Singh Chaggar's murder in 1976 sparked a youth movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastInside a Jim Crow asylum. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Capel CelynThe Welsh village that became a reservoir for England

The woman who saved the children. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the Dreyfus Affair tore France apart. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How Stalin ran rings round the west. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British general elections: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why did a suffragette attack ‘The Rokeby Venus’ with a meat cleaver?

The shocking Alcatraz escape of 11 June 1962

Alcatraz history: from pelican paradise to prolific prison

Historical apologies & female leaders: History behind the headlines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Has WW2 become a national religion?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Suffragettes history facts: 10 things you might not know about the Votes for Women campaigners

8 famous suffragettes and votes for women campaigners

What was the difference between the suffragists and the suffragettes?

Deeds not words | 6. Mission accomplished?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 5. Burning down the house. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 4. Cat and mouse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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