20th Century

Women wearing unrationed shoe soles during the war

Dressed for war: fashions of the Second World War

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John Maynard Keynes

Books interview with Richard Davenport-Hines: “The great lesson of John Maynard Keynes’s life is generosity of spirit” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A demonstrator vents his spleen at police officers during an anti-Vietnam War rally in London's Grosvenor Square

Britain at war over Vietnam

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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Debating British monarchy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1950s woman at a grocery store. (Photo by ClassicStock / Alamy)

9 ways our food shopping habits have changed since 1947

A statue of celebrated English nurse and wartime heroine, Edith Cavell

First World War

History hero Kate Mosse chooses Edith Cavell (1865–1915)

Sicily

My favourite place: Sicily

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Stalin’s early years and Mein Kampf . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

Q&A What was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

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Berlin Wall in November 1989

The story of Germany . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An elevated view over Stiftskirche & surrounding township, Baden-Baden, Germany

My favourite place: The Black Forest, south-west Germany

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England captain Bobby Moore

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

Second World War soldiers

Second World War

Quiz Test your knowledge of WW2 history