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20th Century

Fred Perry in action in the Wimbledon final in 1936. (Photo by Getty Images)

Fred Perry: the icon and the outcast. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Murder: a legal history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks

Bound for Britain: your guide to the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush

The untold story of India’s WW2 prisoners of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The merits of meritocracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women secret agents in Nazi-occupied France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man digs a grave in Sarajevo for victims of the war in Bosnia, 1992

Yugoslavia: why shared Slavic identity couldn’t save an idealised nation from fracture and bloodshed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"Make love not midnight snacks": a social history of slimming clubs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Censorship, contradiction & controversy: a decade in the life of DH Lawrence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 9: Secrets of being a successful leader. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Women reporters of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eric Liddell winning the 400-metre final at the 1924 Olympic Games

History heroDan Walker chooses Eric Liddell (1902–45). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

UFO history10 top sightings and a timeline

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 8: Margaret Thatcher. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s secret Jewish commandos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prisoners exercise and play sport in the courtyard of the Fleet Prison, circa 1872

Timeline: a history of prisons in Britain

Fern RiddellSex: Lessons from History. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHow well do you know your warships?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tulsa race massacre: A man surveys the wreckage of homes in the Oklahoma city of Tulsa, June 1921. Two days of racist violence and destruction left what had been one of the United States’ wealthiest black communities in ruins

The 1921 Tulsa race massacre: the worst single incident of racial violence in US history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why are we living longer than our ancestors?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The crew of SMS King in its home port following the battle of the Skagerrak, June 1916. (Photo by A Renard/ullstein image via Getty Images)

First World War

Jutland: the battle that won the First World War

Alan Turing

Second World War

Your guide to Alan Turing: the man, the enigma

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 6: Winston Churchill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What the Stasi did next. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US NATO Army on training in Germany

Able Archer 83: the Nato war-game that nearly spelled nuclear disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Apartheid road sign

Your guide to apartheid in South Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise and fall of Britain’s motor city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Italian prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard to work on a farm, September 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Second World War

Prisoners of war in Britain during WW2: where were they held?

Blackface: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.