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Benjamin Tillett, organiser of the Docker's Union and leader of the London Transport Worker's strike in 1911, addressing a rally of the strikers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The essay: Britain’s cautious revolutionaries

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History hero Barbara Taylor Bradford chooses Winston Churchill (1874–1965) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Marshall Plan and the Cold War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman votes for the first time in 1918 Britain

What was the 1918 Representation of the People Act?

Mahatma Gandhi in Britain

Gandhi in Britain

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History explorer: Politics and power in Georgian Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill’s days of destiny

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The red dawn: the October Revolution

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The Munich Conference . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British prime minister Winston Churchill and home secretary John Anderson leave 10 Downing Street, London, after a War Council meeting in May 1940. (Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis: Churchill’s darkest hour?

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What are Henry VIII powers?

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Quiz How much do you know about US presidents? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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China in World War Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Living through Partition . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Warleggan. (Image credit: BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode eight