20th Century

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Anna Malaika Tubbs shines a light on how Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin were influenced by their mothers

The forgotten mothers of civil rights leaders . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A decoy rubber tank such as those used by the Allies during WW2.

Masters of disguise: the story of the Allies’ WW2 ‘Ghost Army’

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Historian Carol Dyhouse talks about how women's lives, dreams and loves have transformed in the decades since 1950, from the advent of the pill to the impact of second-wave feminism. (Image by Alamy)

Sex, romance and rights: women’s lives since 1950 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Norman cavalry on the charge in the Bayeux Tapestry. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Why the Nazis fell in love with the Bayeux Tapestry

Volunteers shovel sand in Fulham in 1941, filling bags used to protect windows from bomb blasts. Our clichés of the Blitz don’t tell the whole story, writes Lucy Worsley. (Photo by Mary Evans)

Lucy Worsley on Blitz Spirit: the courageous stories of six Londoners

Adolf Hitler. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Second World War

Your guide to Adolf Hitler: key facts about the Nazi dictator

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Juliet Nicolson reveals how the frozen winter of 1962 helped change Britain for good. (Image by Getty Images)

1962: London’s big freeze . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mark Glancy reveals how Cary Grant made the journey from working-class Bristol lad to the most celebrated actor in Hollywood. (Image by Getty Images)

Cary Grant: from humble beginnings to Hollywood icon . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jeremy Crang investigates reports on British morale made during the Second World War and considers what they can tell us about the ‘Blitz spirit’. (Image by Getty Images)

Blitz spirit or broken morale? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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World leaders (l-r) Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George after signing the treaty of Versailles at the end of the First World War. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)

Quiz How well do you know Year 9 history? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adolf Hitler photographed with British politician Henry Vane-Tempest Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (left) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (right), minister of foreign affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. (Photo litzy ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Making friends with Hitler: Britain’s pre-war admiration for the Nazi dictator

Did Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler (pictured) ever meet? (Photos by Getty Images)

Second World War

Q&A Did Churchill and Hitler ever meet?

Student nurse Dorothy Norris

A brief guide to the history of the NHS

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Susan Cohen discusses the highs and lows of the NHS, from its creation in 1948 to the challenges it faces today. (Image by Getty Images)

The NHS: a brief history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Paul Betts explores how postwar regeneration after 1945 was inspired by the contested concept of civilisation. (Image by Getty Images)

Rebuilding Europe after WW2 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.