History

Eight ships that sailed into history show how the past can often be found in the great hunks of floating metal

The political culture of the west has sunk into a new era of cynicism, contradiction and outright political delusion. But we didn’t fall into it – we were pushed

Why I spent the day at Thatcher Fest, Grantham’s celebration of the Iron Lady's centenary

Everyone knows the famous image of the photographer in Hitler’s bath. But her lesser-known work is equally compelling

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Conmen don’t win people over with arguments. Instead, they reflect their dreams back at them – and everyone’s a sucker for that

A new exhibition at IWM London is a stark reminder of how Britain's post-colonial conflicts shaped the modern world

Discouraged by the sexism she’d suffered in mountain climbing circles, Tabei took matters into her own hands

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The wartime PoW camp has gone interactive and now its high-tech memorials offer both a reminder and a warning to its visitors

It was a dedication to nature and equality that led to Sankara’s bloody removal

Forty years of news photos from the Reuters agency capture a world on fire – and makes a compelling case for the future of photojournalism

The V&A’s new exhibition shows Marie Antoinette as both icon and casualty of luxury

As Bengaluru continues to expand, hair pickers quietly shoulder a job no one else wants

It was Emilie who organised the move of their factory to Brünnlitz, Czechoslovakia, one which would lead to the saving of 1,200 lives

Thirty-five years after reunification, the east-west divide still remains – leaving fertile ground for right wing extremism

The Royal Observatory is celebrating its 350th year, and partly owes its existence to a king’s mistress

The sport’s familiar – but often baffling – terminology has its origins in Anglo-Norman instructions, Old French numbers and Arabic palms

Steve McQueen’s Occupied City reveals how the ghosts of Nazi occupation are still present, more than 80 years later

The London artists who united in their desire to oppose the first wave of fascism in Europe

Train travel is 200 years old. In two centuries it has forged economies, created mass tourism, standardised time itself, and made fish and chips a national cuisine. But what’s its future?

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History is everywhere in Dresden - but are tourists really paying attention?

Today, the west sees Putin as a bloodthirsty dictator hellbent on destroying peace democracy in Europe. 25 years ago, the picture was very different

A giant of 20th-century design had fallen into obscurity – but then it turned out he was still alive

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Vladimir Putin claimed the city was Russian in 2023, but staking the claim doesn’t make it so

Now formally a woman, Liebich has received an 18-month prison sentence for incitement of hatred and cheering on Russia’s war in Ukraine

Wuppertal, in western Germany, is famous for having the world’s oldest suspension railway – with one very large passenger

O’Connell campaigned against the oppression of not only Catholics, but slaves, European Jews and indeed anyone. Today, Ireland could do with him back

It’s a trivia quiz ‘fact’ that the game began as an anti-capitalist critique.. but the truth is even stranger than that

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