20th Century

Courtiers dancing La Volta in a scene from 1953 film The Sword And The Rose

Strictly shocking: the dances that shook the world

A photo which was believed to be of the Loch Ness Monster

The quest for the Loch Ness Monster

American business magnate JD Rockefeller sits at a desk

Q&A Who was the first billionaire?

Protester Blocking Tanks Approaching Tiananmen Square

Why China has forgotten ‘Tank Man’? Remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations

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South Vietnam 1967: Battle weary U.S. soldiers pause for a moment's rest after some of the bloodiest fighting of the Vietnam War (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

War trauma . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing interior of the House of Commons

9 things you didn’t know about the history of parliament

The Pearl Harbour attack

Second World War

The 11 most significant battles of WW2

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Decontamination of the Chernobyl NPP territory. (Photo by Alamy)

Chernobyl: the story of a tragedy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Charles, Lady Diana Spencer and Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace

The fall and rise of the Windsors

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Cillian Murphy stars in Peaky Blinders. (Photo by Alamy)

The real Peaky Blinders . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Top tips for studying history at university

US President John F Kennedy gives his first State of the Union address to Congress at the House of Representatives, Washington DC, 30 January 1961. Kennedy is one of eight presidents to have died during their term in office. (Photo by NASA/SSPL/Getty Images)

Q&A How many US presidents died in office?

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Margaret Hodge has been the MP for Barking since 1994. She held a number of ministerial positions during the 1997–2010 Labour administration, and was appointed DBE in 2015. (Photo by AP/REX/Shutterstock)

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Gordon Brown talks to the History Extra podcast about Andrew Carnegie. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images)

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US soldiers in Vietnam

From the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam and Iraq: a history of war trauma