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20th Century

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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Photo of a Canadian postage stamp

20th Century

Q&AWhen was the first Christmas stamp issued?

John F Kennedy pictured in 1957

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My history hero: John F Kennedy (1917–63). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The famous Big Pit Mining Museum in South Wales

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History explorer: Britain’s coal industry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A canal in Venice, Italy

Period

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

A view over Munich, Germany

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My Favourite Place: Munich, Germany

Bali, Indonesia

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My favourite place: Bali, Indonesia

Patricia Simmons recording the speaking clock.

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Q&AWho voiced the original speaking clock?

The 16th-century tower of Belém

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My favourite place: Lisbon, Portugal

An attendant and his guard dog at the world's first pet cemetery, Paris,

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A 'full English' breakfast

General Modern

Q&AWhy is a fry-up breakfast called a ‘full English’?

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When Hitler took cocaine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Artist Leonora Carrington

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Saranda Kolones, Kato Pathos Archaeological Park

Ancient Greece

My favourite place: Cyprus

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda

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Q&AWhere did the famous portrait of Che Guevara come from?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emmeline Pankhurst

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My history hero: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Inishbofin, Ireland

Stuart

My favourite place: Inishbofin, Ireland

A British sergeant measure the chest sizes of Indian men

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Books interview with Yasmin Khan: "By the end of the war, few people in the Raj believed it could continue to exist". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II in a garden with one of her dogs, March 1953. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

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Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Derinkuyu Underground City

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Q&AHave people ever lived underground?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Corfu: a Greek island getaway that owes much of its popularity to the Venetians. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Corfu, Greece

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The golden age of murder: Agatha Christie and the Detection Club. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The many lives of India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of India and a terrible explosion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Sergeant

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My history hero: Arthur Ransome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emmeline Pankhurst's former Manchester home

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History explorer: The fight for women’s suffrage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Comic Sam Kinison

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My history hero: Sam Kinison (1953-92). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women wearing unrationed shoe soles during the war

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Dressed for war: fashions of the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Maynard Keynes

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Books interview with Richard Davenport-Hines: "The great lesson of John Maynard Keynes's life is generosity of spirit". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A demonstrator vents his spleen at police officers during an anti-Vietnam War rally in London's Grosvenor Square

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