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A 'poster parade' of Ealing suffragettes advertising a meeting to be held on Ealing Common, 1 June 1912. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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9 historical sites linked to the suffragettes movement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mohandas Ghandi, 'the father of the nation', enjoys a laugh with his two granddaughters. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)
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Dandy Gandhi to naked Fakir: the Indian leader’s revolutionary dress code

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My history hero: Philip Pembroke Stephens (1903–37) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British soldier, explorer and big game hunter Frederick Selous, pictured in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The hunter who became a naturalist

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel
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Objects of affection

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Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936
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The 1930s: When the future looked bright . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Broadcaster Simon Mayo
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My history hero: William Trevelyan Richards . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Transport minister Ernest Marples on a road bridge near the London end of the newly opened M1 motorway, 2 November 1959. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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The first day on the M1

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Youth culture and crime: what can we learn from history?

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Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Simon Schama on American history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
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Walking with Che Guevara

An engraving showing chimneys emitting smoke during the Industrial Revolution
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Can history help halt the runaway train?

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King: A drum major for justice