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Supporters of Donald Trump protest in Pennsylvania as the state’s electoral college casts its votes, December 2020

The constitutional crisis behind 2021’s presidential transition . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard Nixon resigns

Which US presidents have been impeached? A brief history of presidential impeachment

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Robert Tombs on Brexit's long historical roots. (Image by Getty Images)

Brexit’s long historical roots . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Professor Robert Tombs, Fellow of French history at St John's College

“Both sides of the Brexit debate have got things wrong about our history”: Robert Tombs on Britain’s complex relationship with Europe . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Catherine Merridale on Lenin. (Image by Getty Images)

Editor’s pick: Lenin’s revolutionary train journey . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Biographer Ron Chernow discusses the extraordinary life of the American Founding Father who inspired a hit musical. (Image by Getty Images)

Editor’s pick: Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of founding father Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull

Your guide to Alexander Hamilton, plus 6 fascinating facts about the founding father

Marble bust of Nero

Rethinking Nero: was the Roman emperor really so bad?

Thomas Cromwell, Tudor statesman and 'alter rex'.

Your guide to Cardinal Wolsey, Tudor statesman and prince of the church

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Kerri Greenidge, Tom Holland, Suzannah Lipscomb and Michael Wood debate the historical context of 2020

2020: The historians’ verdict . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marble bust of Caligula

Caligula: murderous and depraved, or a victim of history?

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Kiran Klaus Patel tracks the development of the EU over the postwar decades, considering whether it really did bring peace to the continent. (Image by Getty Images)

Has the EU been a success? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold (artist unknown) from around 1545

Your guide to... the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher attend a ball to celebrate the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 1979 in Lusaka, Zambia. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)

Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II: what was their relationship like?

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana in season 4 of ‘The Crown’

The Crown S4 E10 real history: Thatcher’s resignation and the unravelling of a royal marriage