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The Einstein murders. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peaks, perils, and pioneers: the deadly history of mountaineering. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Was JFK about to be re-elected? An expert weighs in on the president's lost second term

What caused the Irish Famine?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Could America have won the Vietnam War? The mistakes that denied the US victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The "outwardly respectable" man who had a body in his basement: how the Dr Crippen case shocked Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Risks he should never have taken”: a historian’s take on JFK’s sexual waywardness

Singer, dancer, Nazi-fighter: how Josephine Baker became a WW2 heroine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In October 1939, two coffins were wheeled through Edinburgh draped in Nazi flags. But why?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Is this the most despicable home furnishing trend in British history?

Could the US have won the Vietnam war?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

WW2’s ‘Blackout Ripper’: how a respected war hero manipulated the Blitz and became a serial killer

The women's orchestra of Auschwitz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

JFK: the man behind the myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Simon Schama on British history if Hitler had beaten Churchill: "The Holocaust would have happened here"

Simon Schama on the Holocaust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 'Scramble for Africa': everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Nazi in Chile: did an SS commander work for Pinochet?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s worst nuclear disaster: the Windscale fire of 1957

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The female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

The Belle Époque: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The radio revolution: how Britain found its frequency. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Body in the basement: Dr Crippen and the 'crime of the century'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Ronald Reagan 'Make America Great Again'?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Philadelphia gun-runners who supplied the IRA. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black America on British airwaves. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The true story of Ruth Ellis and the hanging that rocked a nation

Did Britain really rule the waves?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Where does the term redneck come from?

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