Politics

Migrants at a detention centre in Texas, March 2019

The complex history of concentration camps

Nikita Khrushchev visits President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1964

Snuffed out democracies and poisoned toothpaste: how the Cold War wreaked havoc in post-colonial Africa

Brazilian peacekeepers under UN command in Haiti during general election 2006

When should countries intervene in others’ affairs?

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A panel of eyewitnesses recall their memories of the divided city and the dramatic events of November 1989. (Image by Getty Images)

Witnesses to the Berlin Wall . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lucy Bland discusses the childhood experiences of babies fathered by African-American GIs stationed in Britain during the Second World War. (Image from Getty Images)

Wartime Britain’s mixed-race babies . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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John Zubryzcki shares the story of the party-loving royals of the House of Jaipur, who turned to politics following Indian independence. (Image from Getty Images)

The transformation of India’s glamorous golden couple . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ronald Hutton discusses Oliver Cromwell’s early life and career, exploring the brilliance and cruelty of the future Lord Protector. (Image by Getty Images)

Oliver Cromwell’s remarkable rise to power . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emma Dabiri "William Cuffay's story is more relevant now than ever" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Nick Hayes discusses the contested history of land ownership in England, from William the Conqueror to the Kinder trespass. (Image from Getty Images)

A hard-fought history of trespass . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lecture Niall Ferguson on the politics of catastrophe . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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With the Olympics underway in Tokyo, Chris Harding looks back at 1964 – the last time Japan hosted the competition. (Image by Getty Images)

How the 1964 Tokyo Olympics redefined Japan . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Burleigh discusses some of history’s key political killings, from Julius Caesar to Abraham Lincoln. (Image from Getty Images)

How assassinations have changed history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The execution of Louis XVI in the Place de la Revolution

What is a revolution?

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Watergate in 100 days: how President Nixon fell

Watergate in 100 days: how President Nixon fell . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain waves to the crowd at Heston Airport and declaims

Second World War

Did appeasement cause the Second World War?