20th Century

A Calcutta pavement, c1961

After Partition: colony politics and the rise of communism in Bengal

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Icelandic murder mystery . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British prime minister Winston Churchill greeting the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. From left to right: Princess Elizabeth II; the Queen Mother; Churchill, King George VI and Princess Margaret. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Buckingham Palace’s balcony: a focal point for national celebration

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Living through Partition . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The big question: Is Africa a prisoner of its past?

The USS Liberty arriving for repairs following the attack by Israeli warplanes and motor torpedo boats

Why did Israel attack the USS Liberty?

Benito Mussolini with members of the Black shirt Legion

The thorns in Mussolini’s side: the anti-Fascists who opposed the Italian regime

The Rolling Stones arrive in Zurich on the 14th April 1967, the day after their performance in Warsaw - (Left to right) Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, and Keith Richards (Bettmann/Getty Images)

What happened when the Rolling Stones rocked Warsaw?

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Swiss psychiatrist Dr Carl Jung in his library at home. (Photo by Dmitri Kessel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Carl Jung (1875–1961) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The crews of Israeli armoured vehicles during the waiting period before the beginning of the Six-Day War. (Photo by David Rubinger/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Six days that shook the Middle East

Oswald Mosley receives a fascist salute from his followers in October 1936

Who were the young people drawn to Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists?

The Beatles arrive in Japan

1966: the Beatles’ tumultuous world tour

Albert Einstein, standing in front of the Einstein Tower in 1926. (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Q&A Why the Einstein Tower was renamed – twice

Armoured cars unloaded in Shanghai in 1927

China’s public image war

Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev looking disappointed frustrated

The 1986 Reykjavík Summit: when hopes for nuclear peace were dashed