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20th Century

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat: what happened next?

British mystery writer Agatha Christie, c1926.

The mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie

US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, meeting during the Casablanca conference in 1943. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

Second World War

Churchill and D-Day: did the prime minister oppose the Normandy landings?

Laurence ReesHitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of turkeys, plus why we eat a turkey dinner at Christmas

Actress Lily James and actor Michael Huisman looking at each other in a still from the film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Life under Nazi rule: the occupation of the Channel Islands

The future King George VI playing at the Wimbledon tennis championships, 1926

How George VI's sheer ordinariness made him the darling of the nation

Ian Fleming, British author and creator of the James Bond character

James Bond in real life: where did Ian Fleming's inspirations come from?

German writer Hans Fallada (1893–1947), pictured in 1934 with his son Uli in a carriage in Carwitz, Mecklenburg. (Photo by Getty Images)

Germans who resisted the Nazis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Boys playing conkers in 1926. Horse chestnuts played an unlikely role in the war effort just a few years earlier. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Did conkers help win the First World War?

Claudia Jones at the Brixton offices of 'The West Indian Gazette'

Black British historyBritain's black trailblazers

A secret WW2 wargame. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A policewoman gives directions to tourists in London in the 1920s.

“Sherlock Holmes in skirts”: the world's first policewomen

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, with her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, after their marriage in 1947. (Corbis via Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip: 8 milestones in their marriage

Young Belgian refugees wave a British flag during celebrations for Belgian National Day in London during the First World War

Belgian refugees in WW1 Britain: were they welcome guests?

Has the EU been a success?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales

The history of Gwrych Castle, home of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here

Ed Caesar on the HistoryExtra podcast.

An extraordinary Everest adventure. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II: what was their relationship like?

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana in season 4 of ‘The Crown’

The Crown S4 E10 real history: Thatcher’s resignation and the unravelling of a royal marriage

Emma Corrin as Diana, Princess of Wales and Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles in season 4 of ‘The Crown’

The Crown S4 E9 real history: Prince Charles’s ski avalanche accident and his failing marriage to Diana

Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of ‘The Crown’

The Crown S4 E8 real history: why did Margaret Thatcher & the Queen clash over apartheid in South Africa?

Helen Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in 'The Crown'

The Crown S4 E7 real history: Princess Margaret’s decline and a royal secret revealed

Diana, Princess of Wales, played by Emma Corrin in Netflix's 'The Crown'

The Crown S4 E6 real history: Charles and Diana’s 1983 royal tour of Australia & the start of ‘Dianamania’

Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of 'The Crown'

The Crown S4 E5 real history: Michael Fagan’s Buckingham Palace break-in and the Falklands crisis

Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II and Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles in season 4 of ‘The Crown’

The Crown S4 E4 real history: mothers in the spotlight and the ‘favourite’ royal child

Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer on her wedding day in season 4 of 'The Crown'

The Crown S4 E3 real history: Diana’s struggles, the ‘G’ & ‘F’ bracelet, and a royal engagement

Emma Corrin as Diana and Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip in season 4 of 'The Crown'

The Crown S4 E2 real history: what are the Balmoral tests?

Charles Dance as Lord Mountbatten in season 4 of 'The Crown'

The Crown S4 E1 real history: when Charles met Diana, and the death of Lord Mountbatten

In pictures: 150 years of the British Red Cross