20th Century

Félix Kir in 1947, when he was the mayor of Dijon

Second World War

History hero Simon Farnaby chooses Félix Kir (1876–1968)

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Muslim women embrace after Ramadan ends, 2012

“Does every generation have to prove itself in Britain?” Kavita Puri on the experiences of South Asians in Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri on the HistoryExtra podcast

Was the 1990s a golden age for British South Asians? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie in profile: facts about her life

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Ian Kershaw on the Second World War. (Image by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Editor’s pick: Ian Kershaw on postwar Europe . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Helen Keller (1880-1968) holding a Braille volume, c1956. Keller, who was both blind and deaf, was an American writer, educator and advocate for the disabled. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Helen Keller

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Robert Tombs on Brexit's long historical roots. (Image by Getty Images)

Brexit’s long historical roots . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Professor Robert Tombs, Fellow of French history at St John's College

“Both sides of the Brexit debate have got things wrong about our history”: Robert Tombs on Britain’s complex relationship with Europe . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Catherine Merridale on Lenin. (Image by Getty Images)

Editor’s pick: Lenin’s revolutionary train journey . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill in the 2018 Oscar winner 'Darkest Hour'.

Think piece Our dangerous devotion to the Second World War

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James Holland tells the story of the dramatic Allied assault on the island of Sicily in the Second World War. (Image by Getty Images)

The battle for Sicily, 1943 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tim Grady gives a lecture exploring the varied experiences of German Jews in the First World War. (Image by Getty Images)

German Jews in WW1 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' (2020): Viola Davis as Ma Rainey. (Photo by David Lee/Netflix)

Who was Ma Rainey, “mother of the blues”?

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Historian Margaret Macmillan

“To destroy a library is to erase part of the cultural memory of humankind”: Margaret MacMillan on war . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bart Van Es on the HistoryExtra podcast.

A WW2 story of survival . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.