Politics

Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe inspects troops at the opening of parliament in 2000. By then, opposition was being violently suppressed (AFP Contributor/Getty Images)

The two faces of Robert Mugabe

Setting a trap: East German soldiers construct the Berlin Wall, 13 August 1961. The barrier was an attempt to stop the flood of Germans fleeing from east to west – yet, as scores of audacious escape bids attest, it didn't entirely succeed. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Escape from East Berlin: an audacious bid to tunnel under the Berlin Wall

Programme Name: The Trial of Christine Keeler - TX: n/a - Episode: Ep 2 (No. 2) - Picture Shows: Stephen Ward (JAMES NORTON) - (C) Ecosse Films - Photographer: Joss Barratt

“Somewhere in between exploitation and empowerment”: James Norton on society osteopath Stephen Ward

The Trial of Christine Keeler. (Photo by BBC)

Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies: the women at the heart of the Profumo Affair

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Mandy Rice-Davies (left) and Christine Keeler

Notes on a scandal: revisiting the Profumo Affair . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Detail of the processional frieze Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome. (Photo by Alamy)

Politics, Roman style . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margaret Thatcher enters Downing Street

How to win an election: 25 general elections and where they were won – and lost

Rotten boroughs cartoon

9 general election curiosities through history

(Illustration by Davide Bonazzi for BBC World Histories Magazine)

How the American Revolution created a global storm

A voter in a British election in 1923.

A new political climate? The UK’s long tradition of winter elections

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Richard Nixon gives a thumbs-up

Presidents under pressure: the resignation of Richard Nixon and the impeachment case against Trump . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lord Mountbatten at a desk

Lord Mountbatten: Did Prince Philip’s uncle attempt to lead a coup against Harold Wilson’s government?

The White House in Washington DC, which has been home to all US presidents since John Adams in 1800. (Photo by Getty Images)

8 facts you might not know about the White House, home of the president of the USA

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Chinese propaganda poster, c1969. (Photo by Getty images)

Maoism . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Statue of Liberty. (Photo by Dreamstime)

A history of the United States . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.