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Secrets of WWII, the French Revolution and ‘The History of Scotland’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Girls shower at a Woodcraft Folk meeting in Stanmore in 1947. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Britain’s green  pioneers

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New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Simon Schama on American history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian: rescuer of the Roman Empire

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Walking with Che Guevara

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Gentile Bellini

My history hero: Gentile Bellini (1429-1507) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting inhabitants of Hawaii making an offering to Captain Cook

The Library The mystery of Cook’s lost journal

The gardens of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, Canada

Esther Wheelwright: from survivor to mother superior

Soldiers of the Soviet Union

Did the Soviet Union win the war?

A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

10 ways to start a revolution

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The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

A painting of a shipwreck

Hard lives on the high seas

An engraving showing chimneys emitting smoke during the Industrial Revolution

Can history help halt the runaway train?

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King: A drum major for justice

The 14th-century Gough Map

The Gough Map: a map of medieval Britain