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Politics

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the Russia-Ukraine war“The language, tactics, and weapons hark back to the 1940s”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Amelia Earhart, Princess Diana, Emmeline Pankhurst, Rosa Parks and Marie Curie. (Photo by Getty Images)

20 inspirational quotes from women through history

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and French President Jacques Chirac at the NATO Summit in May 1997

Nato, Russia, and the history of the post-WW2 tensions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fascism in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Russian civil war, 1919

General History

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 9 milestone moments in history that explain today’s invasion

Nixon in China: a week that changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nixon in China: the trip that changed the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Has Russia always played by its own rules?

Has Russia always played by its own rules?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In defence of Neville Chamberlain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers from Mao Zedong’s Red Army assemble in Yan’an, Shaanxi province, 1936 (Photo by Getty)

The Chinese Civil War: a guide to the conflict and the rise of Mao Zedong

Munich: the real history behind the new film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jeremy Irons as Neville Chamberlain, in Munich – The Edge of War

Second World War

A martyr and a hero? How Munich – The Edge of War tries to soften Neville Chamberlain’s rotten reputation

Sudeten-Germans Salute the Arrival of Nazi Guards in Czechoslovakia, 1938

Czechoslovakia’s fate hangs in the balance: the build up to the Munich Conference of 1938. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mao’s Cultural Revolution: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British army soldiers face off against a group of Irish civilians

Why we should remember…Bloody Sunday

Neville Chamberlain holds aloft the famous piece of paper at Heston aerodrome on 30 September 1938. (Picture by Alamy)

Second World War

The Munich agreement: a battle with Hitler that almost brought down the government

Neville Chamberlain shows off the Anglo-German Declaration at Heston Aerodrome

Second World War

Q&APeace for our time: what was written on Neville Chamberlain's piece of paper?

Illustration of enemies shaking hands

What makes for a good peace?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's greatest mysteriesWhy did Mao’s chosen successor flee China?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1956: The shock of Suez. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1916: The long march to modernity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1832: The ‘Great’ Reform Act. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1776: The year of American independence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fascism: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy do some people call the Irish famine ‘the Great Hunger’?

How US-Russian relations fractured in the 1990s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Unionist leader Edward Carson (centre) and colleagues visit Derry/Londonderry, September 1912 – the month when nearly half a million people signed a “Solemn League and Covenant” to resist home rule

Resolving the 'Irish Question': 5 key moments on the path to partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare's house in Stratford-Upon-Avon

Q&AWhy was Stratford-upon-Avon a hotbed of Confederate activity?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A follower is reflected on a framed photograph of Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhim Rao Ambedkar: India’s 'untouchable' hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill delivering his famous 'iron curtain' speech at Westminster College

Second World War

8 of Churchill’s greatest speeches