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Ruth Williams Khama: first lady of Botswana

An illustration of the novel ‘The War of the Worlds’ by HG Wells, made by Henri Lanos, 1905. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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British comedian and actor Arthur Askey at the London Palladium, February 1968. (Photo by David Cairns/Daily Express/Getty Images)

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Illustration by Hugh Cowling

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Czar Nicholas II with family. (Getty Images)

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The Tibetan plateau lies at an altitude averaging over 4,500 metres above sea level

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Colourful streets of the Bo-Kaap district in Cape Town South Africa

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British leader of the Labour Party Clement Attlee leaves the Treasury, 27 May 1945. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

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American president Franklin D Roosevelt

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Life of the Week: President Franklin D Roosevelt

Giuseppe Garibaldi in Naples, Italy, 1861. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Vintage family photo album and documents. (Getty Images)

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How to become a local historian

Wrought iron lace adorns many old buildings and houses in the streets of New Orleans. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: New Orleans, Louisiana

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My favourite place: Barcelona

Two men carrying old woman as they migrate, following the Partition of India in 1947

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Young women working in a textile mill in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1943

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Martin Luther King (centre) rides the Montgomery bus with Rev Glenn Smiley of Texas. (Getty Images)

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Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-metre run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the United States. They refuse to recognise the American flag and national anthem. (Getty Images)

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Photo of Woody Guthrie c1970. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Bethlehem, West Bank

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Q&AWhy do Americans call the British ‘limeys’?

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What is the origin of the phrase 'to blow smoke up someone's arse'?

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My favourite place: the Belgian coast

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Viscountess Nancy Astor on her election campaign in 1919. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Maya Angelou was “the ultimate boundary-breaker”, says Naga Munchetty. (Photo by Craig Herndon/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (centre) at a UN Security Council meeting concerning the Suez crisis. (Photo by Lisa Larsen/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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