20th Century

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A hidden history of black civil rights

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The suffragettes: masters of PR . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not Words | A HistoryExtra podcast series

Former Soviet Colonel Stanislav Petrov at his home in 2004.

The Soviet soldier who saved the world: how did Stanislav Petrov prevent nuclear Armageddon?

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King George V crosses a river in Nepal, 1912. “Historians have moved the discussion on empire in all sorts of directions over many years,” says Bronwen Everill. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The challenge of writing histories of the British empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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WSPU founder Emmeline Pankhurst (centre) at a 1915 march calling for women to be used in ammunition manufacture (Photo by Kemsley/NCJ Archive/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

From china cups to letter bombs: how suffragettes got out the message of votes for women . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: “I wish that there was no need for specialist history months” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Congo, Cold War & CIA plotting: the 1961 assassination that shook Africa

Author/veterinarian Dr. James Alfred Wight (pen name James Herriot) holding up a black cat that he is examining at his veterinary surgery.

Who was the real James Herriot? The true story behind All Creatures Great and Small

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Video podcast The Iranian embassy siege: an SAS hostage drama in London . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Iranian embassy siege: an SAS hostage drama in London . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Orwell in front of a BBC microphone.

George Orwell: the indomitable life of the writer who confronted totalitarianism

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Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: “We mustn’t overlook the toll of surfacing traumatic histories” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Former British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald sitting behind a desk

Where does the term ‘champagne socialist’ come from?

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Deeds Not Words The suffragette story . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.