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Katherine Graham, owner of the Washington Post, and Truman Capote

The real story of Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball

Cast of The New Look

Is The New Look a true story? The real history behind the period drama

Juliette Banoche as Coco Chanel in 'The New Look' and the real Coco Chanel.

Did Coco Chanel collaborate with the Nazis during WW2?

Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) in 'The New Look' and the real Christian Dior.

The real Christian Dior: who was the man behind The New Look, and did he make dresses for Nazi wives?

Catherine Dior (Maisie Williams) in The New Look and the real Catherine Dior.

From French resistance to fashion heir: who was the real Catherine Dior?

The race across the Atlantic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peking to Paris: the world’s first great motor race. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi is held aloft by his team after clinching a division title in 1960.

A brief history of American football and the Super Bowl

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastConspiracy: did aliens land at Roswell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

ConspiracyWho killed JFK?

Henry Kissinger

“Whatever you want to say about Kissinger, he had consequence”: the life and legacy of the American diplomat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Spooky figure at the top of a staircase.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe haunting behind The Conjuring 2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

MacDonald's leap to power: the story of the first Labour government. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcast1970s Britain: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lenin's body lying in state in 1924

The death of Lenin, a century on: the long afterlife of Russia’s pre-emiment revolutionary

Conspiracy: the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Conspiracy: did aliens land at Roswell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Conspiracy: who killed JFK?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Conspiracy: was Pearl Harbor an inside job?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gulag inmates were not simply imprisoned, but forced to carry out hard labour. (Photo by Getty Images)

The founding and fall of the USSR. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The hidden history of women in intelligence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

The real Boys in the Boat during the Poughkeepsie Regatta

The Boys in the Boat: the real history behind George Clooney's underdog sports movie

Life of the Week: Stalin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Protestors against the Sedition Act outside the White House

What was the 1918 Sedition Act?

How spies shaped the modern world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Race across the Atlantic: 1969's wackiest escapade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sherlock Holmes: the real history that inspired the detective stories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of a partially clothed man (wearing shorts, and an open shirt) reclining on a bed.

The new radicals: how the Bloomsbury Group transformed British culture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.