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Q&A Q&A: Why is Portugal known as Britain’s oldest ally?

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Britain at war over Vietnam

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Anita Anand on Sophia Duleep Singh: goddaughter of Queen Victoria and prominent campaigner for women’s rights . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lincoln: The vote that saved America

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History explorer: The Chartist movement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ronald Reagan: 10 facts about the 40th president of the USA

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Q&A Why do we call the British government ‘Whitehall’?

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Journalist Ruth First, pictured right, at Anti-Apartheid Movement's freedom day rally in Trafalgar Square, London in 1965. Also pictured are actor Patrick Wymark (left) and Bishop Reeves (middle). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

My history hero: Ruth First (1925-82) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Daniele Manin proclaiming the Republic of Venice, 22 March 1848. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/A. Dagli Orti/Bridgeman Images)

1848: the year of revolutions

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Can Britain make nuclear power work this time around? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was JFK a good president?

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