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The opening ceremony of London’s Tower Bridge on 30 June 1894. The bridge became a symbol of London’s importance as a global maritime hub (Photo by Francis Frith/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Britain’s imperial landmarks: The empire on our doorsteps

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Singer Paul Robeson rehearses at a piano in 1958. He had a unifying outlook, observing that

My history hero: Paul Robeson (1898–1976) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Actors dressed as Tommies mark the centenary of the start of the battle of the Somme at Manchester Piccadilly station, July 2016. (Photo by Alamy)

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Opinion: “The First World War centenary has been a lost opportunity”

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Plaza de Armas in historic center of Cusco, Peru

Explore Cusco, Peru: Navel of the Incan world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Crowds march through the streets of Chicago to hear Martin Luther King speak at the Illinois Rally for Civil Right on 21 June 1964

Seymour Hersh on the US civil rights movement and the Vietnam War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Catholics massacre Protestants in Ulster in a contemporary illustration

10 great misconceptions of the Civil War

US soldiers man a machine gun post in the Argonne Forest, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1918. (Photo by US Army Signal Corps/American Stock/Getty Images)

‘Foch’s Grand Offensive’: the biggest battle you’ve never heard of

A statue of Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle in Scotland. The castle

BBC presenter Neil Oliver on his top 5 must-visit places in Britain

A depiction of HMS Endeavour off the coast of New Holland, by Samuel Atkins c1794. (Photo by UtCon Collection / Alamy Stock Photo)

5 facts about Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour

The entrance to Bodiam Castle.

From magnificent ruins to imposing forts: 10 must-visit British castles

Henry III (1207-72), king from 1216 until his death. Image c1250. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry III

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts scenes of the Norman conquest of England in 1066. To characterise the English response in 1066 as

Did English leaders “deliberately acquiesce” to foreign rule in 1066?

Professor Kathleen Burk and Simon Jenkins discuss Jenkins's new book, 'A Short History of Europe'. (Photo by David Hampton for BBC World Histories magazine)

Simon Jenkins and Kathleen Burk on the history of Europe

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Professor Kathleen Burk and Simon Jenkins discuss Jenkins's new book, 'A Short History of Europe'. (Photo by David Hampton for BBC World Histories magazine)

Great wars were started by young men with “jangling hormones”, argues Simon Jenkins