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Richard Nixon resigns

Which US presidents have been impeached? A brief history of presidential impeachment

The city Bhaktapur looming over the Kathmandu valley

The hippy trail: a pan-Asian journey through history

Félix Kir in 1947, when he was the mayor of Dijon

Second World War

History heroSimon Farnaby chooses Félix Kir (1876–1968)

Muslim women embrace after Ramadan ends, 2012

"Does every generation have to prove itself in Britain?" Kavita Puri on the experiences of South Asians in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was the 1990s a golden age for British South Asians?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie in profile: facts about her life

Editor’s pick: Ian Kershaw on postwar Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Helen Keller

Brexit’s long historical roots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Robert Tombs, Fellow of French history at St John's College

"Both sides of the Brexit debate have got things wrong about our history": Robert Tombs on Britain's complex relationship with Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Editor’s pick: Lenin’s revolutionary train journey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill in the 2018 Oscar winner 'Darkest Hour'.

Think pieceOur dangerous devotion to the Second World War

The battle for Sicily, 1943. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German Jews in WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' (2020): Viola Davis as Ma Rainey. (Photo by David Lee/Netflix)

Who was Ma Rainey, “mother of the blues”?

Historian Margaret Macmillan

"To destroy a library is to erase part of the cultural memory of humankind": Margaret MacMillan on war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A WW2 story of survival. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hunting down the Portland Spy Ring. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The gay MPs who opposed appeasement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Georg Elser, a little-known carpenter-turned-assassin whose daring attempt to kill Hitler almost succeeded

Georg Elser: the man who nearly assassinated Hitler

Toby WilkinsonThe rediscovery of Ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Castro and the trip that shaped the 1960s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Washington Carver in a laboratory

History heroGillian Burke chooses George Washington Carver (c1864–1943). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wrens operating the Colossus computer at Bletchley Park, 1943

Second World War

Your guide to Bletchley Park, the key WW2 decryption centre

The death of John Lennon: what happened?

The International Brigades: fighting fascism in Spain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

England’s sporting obsession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ethiopia 1935: The real history behind The Shadow King. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

David Olusoga“Desks went from a niche furniture item to the work station of millions”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Caught off guard: why didn't America see Pearl Harbor coming?