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BBC at 100Captivating little citizens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4TV takes off in the 1950s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Falklands War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rebel ramblers of the Kinder Trespass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ramblers pictured on Kinder Scout in 1932

Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: how the Peak District became Britain's first national park. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Trailblazers of black British theatre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHow much do you know about Titanic?

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war“Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of a Soviet warship inside a Pepsi bottle

Q&AIs it true that Pepsi briefly owned Soviet warships?

Robert Ballard with an image of Titanic’s upper deck

TitanicWhen & where was the wreck finally discovered?

From running marathons to working the nightshift: 8 surprising things women were banned from doing through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Operation Mincemeat: WW2 espionage on film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Newspaper boy with news of the Titanic disaster, 14 April 1912

TitanicWhat happened after the sinking?

A still from James Cameron's 'Titanic'. (Image by Alamy)

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic?

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

Training of young Rwandan Hutu on the road to Kigali, 27 June 1994

Genocide: what can we learn from history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of Titanic’s final moments, as the ship sinks and passengers watch from a lifeboat

TitanicWhen did it sink & how long did it take?

US socialite Margaret Brown, who posthumously became known as the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ following her Titanic experiences.

Titanic8 stories of passengers who sailed on the liner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Titanic in dry doc before it was launched

TitanicWhen and how was the ship built?

A vintage photo of the RMS Titantic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912

Your history guide to RMS Titanic, plus 12 fascinating facts about the disaster

Wiretapping: a secret history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Polish coat of arms on red background

Poland and Ukraine’s shared history: how dreams of nationhood endure. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri

Kavita Puri“It’s important to document ordinary lives as well as changing political and social contexts”

Burning down Ireland’s stately homes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A United Arab Emirates postage stamp issued in 1971 commemorating Laika, the Soviet dog who in 1957 became the first animal in orbit

Animals in space: the creatures who paved the way for human travel beyond Earth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima, 1945

Second World War

Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War?

A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle“Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oxford: from wild student parties to the shadow of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of pears

Second World War

Q&AWhy do we say it's all gone pear-shaped?