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How to become a local historian

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My favourite place: New Orleans, Louisiana

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My favourite place: Barcelona

Two men carrying old woman as they migrate, following the Partition of India in 1947

10 historical turning points for modern India

Young women working in a textile mill in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1943

Famine and freedom: how the Second World War ignited India

Martin Luther King (centre) rides the Montgomery bus with Rev Glenn Smiley of Texas. (Getty Images)

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Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-metre run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the United States. They refuse to recognise the American flag and national anthem. (Getty Images)

The fight for Black America

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My favourite place: Bethlehem, West Bank

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Fidel Castro: in pictures

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Q&A Why do Americans call the British ‘limeys’?

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First World War

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My favourite place: the Belgian coast

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The end game: Britain’s role in Afghanistan 1947–50

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