20th Century

Nelson Mandela

Mandela: the 20th century’s greatest leader?

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The murder of the Romanovs . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

People approach the VI Lenin Stadium, now known as the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, in 1956. (Photo by James Whitmore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

The history of Luzhniki Stadium, home of the 2018 football World Cup final

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Britain’s refugee camps . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

With its huge bell and five-storey pagoda, Sensoji Temple is one of Tokyo's most popular –and venerable – landmarks. (Photo by Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

My favourite place: Tokyo, Japan

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Historian David Edgerton. (Photographed by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Books interview with David Edgerton: “We need to tackle British history as we would the turbulent story of Germany” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Welsh Labour politician Aneurin Bevan making a speech on the freedom of the press at a meeting of the National Council of Civil Liberties at Central Hall, Westminster, London, in 1942. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

My history hero Tanni Grey-Thompson chooses Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sarah Churchwell and Adam IP Smith in conversation

Behold, America: Sarah Churchwell in conversation . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The national debt dilemma . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Troops in Korea, c1951. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Forging alliances: Britain and the US in the Korean War

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Podcast Website large Sarah Jackson

Restoring women’s voices . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mona Baptiste, a Trinidad-born blues singer

“London is the place for me”: David Olusoga on the Windrush generation

A councillor and architects discuss plans for the Moss Heights development in Glasgow, 1953. Proponents of high-rise flats believed that they would provide

The Library Have high-rises ever been the answer to our housing woes?

Vera Brittain, who worked as a nurse during the First World War and went on to become one of the leading writers of the interwar years. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Love, loss and distorted memories

A soldier and workers are depicted gazing in admiration at North Korea’s first premier, Kim Il-sung, in a propaganda poster. The Kims’ dynastic personality cult shows no signs of diminishing. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Why North Korea went nuclear