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Khudadad Khan

My history hero: Khudadad Khan (1888-1971). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ed Morrison with Nelson Mandela. (Image: Ed Morrison)

When I met Mandela: 1995 Rugby World Cup final

Chinese irregular cavalry and infantry from the north-western provinces move towards the front during the 1894–95 war

China's wars

Nelson Mandela special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson and Winnie Mandela days after his release, 1990. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis)

Nelson Mandela: “a symbol of the struggle against racism”

John and Jackie Kennedy shaking hands with a crowd. Jackie continued to fight her husband's corner after his death, says Mark White. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Was JFK a good president?

Historian at the Movies: Parkland reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo of Jackie, Caroline and Jack Kennedy

Unseen photos of John F Kennedy and family

My history hero: Robert Baden Powell (1857–1941). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American poet Ezra Pound, a major figure of the early modernist movement. (Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images)

The march of the Green Shirts

My History Hero: Franklin D Roosevelt (1882- 1945). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

President John F Kennedy speaking at a press conference, c1963. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)

Q&A: If President Kennedy hadn’t been wearing a back brace when he was assassinated, would he have lived?

A Second World War memorial monument depicting Soviet soldiers

Q&AWhy did Britain and France not declare war on the Soviet Union when the Red Army marched on Poland in September 1939?

My history hero: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of photographer George Lowe and Cho Oyu mountain

In picturesThe conquest of Everest

Image by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Calcutta 1905. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 important battles that shaped Britain

Vintage Astro lava lamp from the 1960s

50 years of the lava lamp

Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, gives his 'victory' sign while making a polling day tour of his constituency during an election. (Getty Images)

Are these the most overrated people in history?

A 1864 campaign banner. (David J & Janice Frent/Corbis via Getty Images)

US presidents: Race, religion and re-election?

Rosa Parks Riding the Bus

My history hero: Rosa Parks (1913-2005). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A vintage map of Europe. One of the hardest things for small nations to accept is that they're not in control over their own destinies, says Mark Mazower. (Getty Images)

The LibraryA little history of the world: the importance of small states in global politics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The dark charisma of Adolf Hitler

Moscow 1980: going to the games

The Cold War Olympic boycott. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard Buckminster standing next to his draft of a house of the 21st century. (Ullstein picture via Getty Images)

My History Hero: Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Major Roy Farran (seated, centre) at a press conference on his return from Palestine, 1947. (Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Trouble in Palestine

The Queen's silver jubilee took place in 1977. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Why the Seventies still matter

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is portrayed as pirate in an Argentine newspaper from 30 April 1982.(Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma via Getty Images)

Sir Max Hastings: Witness to the Falklands War