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Nelson and Winnie Mandela days after his release, 1990. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis)

Nelson Mandela: “a symbol of the struggle against racism”

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Historian at the Movies: Saving Mr. Banks reviewed . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite historical places: Dr Julie Barrau

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The Black Death, the effects of which are pictured in this medieval miniature, took little more than seven years to wipe out around half of mankind. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

History explorer: the catastrophe of the Black Death . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye Olde Travel Guide: Ballarat 1854 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Simon Thurley at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire. It was here, in 1771, that Richard Arkwright set up his first water-powered mills,

History Explorer: the rise of the factory . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sport offered the two sides the perfect stage on which to get one over on the 'enemy', says Dominic Sandbrook. Pictured here is a queue for a football match between Arsenal and Dynamo Moscow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Cold War in your living room . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

Alfred the Great: do we overplay his ‘greatness’?

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination prompted the outbreak of the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Books interview: Margaret MacMillan on the First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John and Jackie Kennedy shaking hands with a crowd. Jackie continued to fight her husband's corner after his death, says Mark White. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Was JFK a good president?

Robert Cornelius poses for the camera in what is believed to be the world's first self-portrait produced by a photograph, 1839. (Robert Cornelius/Getty Images)

Self-portraits: How people took selfies in the past

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Historian at the Movies: Parkland reviewed . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite historical places: Joanna Innes

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My favourite historical places: Professor Richard Alston