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Ruby Turner and Sister Rosetta Tharpe

My history heroRuby Turner chooses Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Beauty before durability: the interwar beginnings of fast fashion.

American athlete Alvin Kraenzlein pioneered the now-universal modern technique for hurdling – and claimed four golds. (Photo by Getty Images)

The madcap Paris Olympics: the chaos that nearly derailed the 1900 Games.

Josef Stalin: the paranoid dictator who forged the Soviet Union into a superpower

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: how Gurdip Singh Chaggar's murder in 1976 sparked a youth movement.

Video podcastInside a Jim Crow asylum.

Schoolchildren from Capel Celyn with a banner saying 'Liverpool shall not drown Capel Celyn'

Capel CelynThe Welsh village that became a reservoir for England

The woman who saved the children.

How the Dreyfus Affair tore France apart.

How Stalin ran rings round the west.

British general elections: everything you wanted to know.

Mary Richardson attacking the painting The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez

Why did a suffragette attack ‘The Rokeby Venus’ with a meat cleaver?

A police mugshot of Frank Lee Morris

The shocking Alcatraz escape of 11 June 1962

Alcatraz history: from pelican paradise to prolific prison

Historical apologies & female leaders: History behind the headlines.

Has WW2 become a national religion?.

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings

Suffragettes history facts: 10 things you might not know about the Votes for Women campaigners

Suffragette Annie Kenney

8 famous suffragettes and votes for women campaigners

A group of suffragists picket outside the House of Commons and holding signs.

What was the difference between the suffragists and the suffragettes?

Deeds not words | 6. Mission accomplished?.

Deeds not words | 5. Burning down the house.

Deeds not words | 4. Cat and mouse.

Deeds not words | 3. Making a statement.

Deeds not words | 2. Pankhurst family portrait.

War, peace & cherry trees: finding hope after WW2.

Dwight D Eisenhower: life of the week.

Forging first editions: a 1930s crime caper.

Jason Okundaye (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Jason Okundaye on the Black gay community and its tensions: “The movement has always been a broad church”.

Map showing departure points for British troops ahead of the Normandy Landings on D-Day

Second World War

D-Day beaches map: where were the D-Day landings?

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales during a visit to Tokyo parliament on May 12, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan.

The assassination attempt on King Charles III that almost worked