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20th Century

My history hero: Philip Pembroke Stephens (1903–37). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British soldier, explorer and big game hunter Frederick Selous, pictured in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The hunter who became a naturalist

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel

Objects of affection

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936

The 1930s: When the future looked bright. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Broadcaster Simon Mayo

My history hero: William Trevelyan Richards. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Transport minister Ernest Marples on a road bridge near the London end of the newly opened M1 motorway, 2 November 1959. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The first day on the M1

Youth culture and crime: what can we learn from history?

Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Attenborough on Darwin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Simon Schama on American history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Walking with Che Guevara

An engraving showing chimneys emitting smoke during the Industrial Revolution

Can history help halt the runaway train?

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King: A drum major for justice

My history hero: Hubert Butler (1900–1991). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scout Troop

Baden-Powell, Scouting and the British empire

The members of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Scott of the Antarctic: a true British hero?

Alien spaceship landing on rural road

The secret search for aliens