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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of photographer George Lowe and Cho Oyu mountain

In pictures The conquest of Everest

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 important battles that shaped Britain

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Image by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Calcutta 1905 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vintage Astro lava lamp from the 1960s

50 years of the lava lamp

Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, gives his 'victory' sign while making a polling day tour of his constituency during an election. (Getty Images)

Are these the most overrated people in history?

A 1864 campaign banner. (David J & Janice Frent/Corbis via Getty Images)

US presidents: Race, religion and re-election?

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Rosa Parks Riding the Bus

My history hero: Rosa Parks (1913-2005) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A vintage map of Europe. One of the hardest things for small nations to accept is that they're not in control over their own destinies, says Mark Mazower. (Getty Images)

The Library A little history of the world: the importance of small states in global politics . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler sits at a table facing a group of young uniformed National Socialists crowded into a small room in the 'Braune Haus' or Brown House, Munich, Germany, c1935. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

The dark charisma of Adolf Hitler

Sebastian Coe, a track and field athlete, winning the 1,500 metres gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Moscow 1980: going to the games

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The Cold War Olympic boycott . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Richard Buckminster standing next to his draft of a house of the 21st century. (Ullstein picture via Getty Images)

My History Hero: Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Major Roy Farran (seated, centre) at a press conference on his return from Palestine, 1947. (Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Trouble in Palestine

The Queen's silver jubilee took place in 1977. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Why the Seventies still matter