Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

A composite image of several soccer players in action set against a packed stadium. An American flag motif blends into the background crowd. The players wear different uniforms—including white with purple accents, white with red‑and‑blue stripes with the number 12, and blue with the number 21—suggesting multiple teams or matches. The overall effect celebrates soccer in the United States.

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Football's final frontier: America's tangled relationship with soccer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A teal background with two overlapping circular frames, each containing a portrait. The left circle shows a sepia-toned historical photograph of a man with a moustache wearing a suit and tie. The right circle shows a contemporary colour portrait of a bald man in a patterned shirt and dark jacket. The overlap visually links the two figures across eras.

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"He clearly had a lot of bottle": Irvine Welsh chooses his history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black‑and‑white portrait of Frederick Douglass, an older Black man with grey hair and a full beard, wearing formal 19th‑century clothing and looking slightly to the side against a plain backdrop.

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Frederick Douglass changed America forever. Here's how. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stylised illustration shows a person on the left blowing out swirling musical lines and a golden treble clef toward three figures standing on clouds. The central figure wears a brown robe with a purple stole and a cross necklace, with rays of light above their head. To the right, one figure in purple and grey holds a tambourine, and another in blue plays a horn. The scene blends musical imagery with spiritual symbolism.

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"We all sing, hum and whistle": how music keeps us in tune with history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A loaf of whole‑grain bread sits behind two slices, one of which has a dark liquid being poured onto it. In front of the bread, several fresh fish stand upright in a row with shiny scales and wide eyes. The background is a bright green, creating a surreal contrast between the unrelated food items.

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Popcorn with sardines? These must be history’s 21 strangest sandwiches. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of miners pose outside a brick building, many in work clothes and holding lamps, standing beneath posters reading “Distress Fund – Help the Miners,” suggesting a historical appeal for support during industrial hardship.

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What did 1.7 million Britons stop doing 100 years ago?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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She tried to cover her husband in penises: a medieval guide to the seven deadly sins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

ABBA perform on stage during the 1970s, with the four band members singing and playing instruments beneath a curved white backdrop. The group wear brightly coloured glam-rock outfits, including satin jumpsuits, platform boots and sequinned jackets, while performing with microphones, guitar and piano.

20th Century

When was the first Eurovision and who won? Plus 9 facts on the history of the song contest

A four‑panel collage of scenes and artworks from Pompeii. The top left shows a stone‑paved street lined with ruined Roman buildings under a bright sky. The top right shows a fragment of a building interior with surviving frescoes beneath a wooden roof. The bottom left shows a still‑life fresco of food, vessels, and folded cloth. The bottom right shows a detailed mythological fresco with multiple human figures in classical style.

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On the edge of catastrophe: life in Pompeii as Vesuvius was about to erupt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From a clairvoyant chicken to a fake Shakespeare: 8 hoaxes that fooled Georgian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The death of Adolf Hitler. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A colourful surreal collage set against a purple background. It features a large green alligator head on the left, a honey dipper dripping honey, a sliced lemon, a classical-style illustration of a person drinking from a jug, a small brown‑and‑white weasel, a long piale pink condom, and reddish‑brown pods with bright red and black seeds

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14 weird contraception methods from history: from weasel testicles to fish bladder condoms. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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David Attenborough and the evolution of nature documentaries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Four women in military uniform celebrate VE Day by waving Union Jack flags from an open-top jeep surrounded by cheering crowds. The joyful scene takes place in a city street lined with large stone buildings, as onlookers smile and gather around the vehicle.

Second World War

A brief guide to VE Day

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A worker's eye-view of ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A pyramid with several tiers displays figures in historical clothing arranged by level, topped by a golden palace and a robed figure seated before it, symbolising a social hierarchy.

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"Today, the defenders of the Enlightenment are in retreat". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How to pull off a Georgian dinner party. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A historic timber‑framed building with white plaster infill, exposed dark beams, and leaded diamond‑pane windows features an ornate carved wooden entrance and a tiled roof.

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The Tudor village that time left behind. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Several passengers ride a train, each focused on their own activity: one wearing large headphones, another listening to earphones, one reading a book, and others looking at their phones. The muted colours and soft lighting create a calm, quiet atmosphere.

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From ancient China to modern America: an astonishing history of censorship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A colour photograph shows Queen Elizabeth II wearing a bright blue coat and matching hat while operating a touchscreen display at the Science Museum. A large screen behind her shows the same moment from a different angle, and wooden architectural structures fill the background. The scene captures her engagement with science and technology during a public visit.

21st Century

How did the world change during Queen Elizabeth II's reign?

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Medieval family planning: meet the strong-willed women who redefined motherhood in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A detailed marble relief shows several robed figures standing in a tight group around a cylindrical structure. Each figure has carefully carved drapery and expressive faces, with some holding scrolls or objects that suggest scholarly or religious roles.

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Friends, Romans, citizens: why Rome opened its doors to people across the empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Late 19th and early 20th-century 'lock-up mugshots' show style-conscious villains staring down the camera

Victorian

Who were the real Peaky Blinders?

A tailor in a black vest and white shirt holds two large horns as he attaches them to a Viking’s helmet. The Viking wears a grey helmet, blue tunic, feathered cloak, and has a long orange beard, all set against a bright green background

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What are history's biggest misconceptions? 9 experts reveal what we get wrong about the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Famous last words: what did Winston Churchill, Walt Disney and Marie Antoinette say on their deathbeds?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of children in early‑20th‑century clothing gather on a dirt street in a working‑class neighbourhood. Several of the children are outlined in purple against the monochrome scene.

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The Victorians were facing a population crisis, until this ‘obscene’ invention turned out to be the solution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stylised, brightly coloured scene shows a group of 19th‑century men, women, and children standing in a pastoral landscape. Some hold farm tools or baskets of apples, others sip tea, and an older woman knits beside them. In front of the group, a table holds a modern blue radio emitting musical notes, a teacup, and a small bird, with a dog resting underneath.

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Want to understand modern Britain? Look towards its villages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Maduro, Castro and the War on Drugs: Latin America's troubled ties with the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A detailed engraving shows William Shakespeare with wavy shoulder‑length hair, a mustache and trimmed beard, and an earring in his left ear. He wears a collared shirt and a textured doublet with decorative trim, set against a softly shaded background.

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"Let the sky rain potatoes!": the hidden meanings behind Shakespeare's food obsession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman in early 20th‑century clothing sits at a desk using a candlestick telephone, holding the receiver to her ear and speaking into the mouthpiece

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Ringing the changes: how the telephone transformed Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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