20th Century

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

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is portrayed as pirate in an Argentine newspaper from 30 April 1982.(Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma via Getty Images)

Sir Max Hastings: Witness to the Falklands War

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Ernest Bevin

My history hero: Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English medical student Roger Bannister

A history of British sport

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King George VI and stories from Africa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mary Beard, professor of classics at the University of Cambridge. (David Levenson/Getty Images)

My history hero: Sir Moses I Finley (1912–86) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.