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The striking, surrealism-influenced Radio Times cover shows the transmitter mast at Alexandra Palace

Radio Times at 100: a "vivid running commentary" on a century of British life

A graphic of a detective looking through a magnifying glass at an old fountain pen with a skull on the nib.

The rise of the poison pen: 6 cases of anonymous hate mail in Britain

When poison pen letters caused chaos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Could WW1 have ended in 1916?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Spanish flu: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Great Reputations: Gandhi. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

c1880, the Paris rugby team.

When Vichy France banned rugby

The secret club for radical New York women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroAshley John-Baptiste chooses Walter Tull

Tokyo’s devastating 1923 earthquake. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Swathes of Tokyo lie in ruins after the Great Kantō Earthquake on 1 September 1923

The Great Kantō earthquake: a 1923 disaster that left Tokyo in ruins

On the trail of a Nazi war criminal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How did empire shape modern Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What was the March on Washington?

Martin Luther King speaks in front of microphones, during the March on Washtington

"I Have A Dream": the speech that America couldn’t ignore

The miners’ strike: a view from the ground. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s love affair with the NHS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Learning disabilities: an overlooked history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Original rogue heroes of the SAS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An early Peace People march in Belfast’s Woodvale Park

What was the Peace People movement in Northern Ireland?

Is Eastern Europe disappearing?

Joya Chatterji, emeritus professor in the history of modern south Asia at the University of Cambridge (Photo by Abhishek Bali)

Joya Chatterji on 20th-century south Asia“The nation is a very novel idea, and imposing it on millions of people is hard work”

The forgotten history of Windrush. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US Civil rights: fighting for freedom | A HistoryExtra podcast series

Two police officers take off a man in a police car during the Notting Hill race riots, London, UK, 2 September 1958.

How did the US civil rights movement influence Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Protesters in Washington DC with placards

The long road to racial equality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James Lawson hosting a press conference in Alabama

Who were the key figures of the civil rights movement?

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US civil rights movement5 landmark events. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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