History

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A seven-million-year-old fossil continues to complicate the story of when, and how, humans first walked on two legs

Belgian idealist Paul Otlet imagined a global information network that would unite humanity. How right – and wrong – he was

Malik Al Nasir’s search for his roots began with a racist jam mascot - and ended with him tracing his heritage to both sides of a brutal trade

Gustav Trippe’s family say his letters show his doubts about the regime - and that he was murdered for writing them

The generations of leftist schoolteachers using subversive techniques like source criticism and analytical thinking have been brainwashing British youngsters to hate their country. As part of Reform’s overhaul of the national curriculum, the new history syllabus will be based on the following essay by Lee Anderson

I found Greek mythology a bit stuffy and dull when I studied it at school, but now I get why so many people got hooked over the centuries

Despite its strong association with US sport and policing, the term ‘rookie’ has a complicated history

Dismissed by friends and launched in an era when women lacked the vote, Ocampo’s Sur magazine became a defining force in 20th-century literature and politics

A joint exhibition at Tate Britain reveals the story of two geniuses who did some of their best work in the worst weather

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One museum in Washington DC makes clear that when it comes to its own military history, the US has a serious short-term memory problem

In 1961, before the first human reached space, a chimpanzee was strapped into a rocket and sent into the unknown

Gerry Gable, the dedicated, controversial founder of Searchlight magazine, had infiltrators and spies on his books in an intelligence war against racism

A Croatian rock singer is using Nazi salutes to gee up his crowd. Even worse, the prime minister is apparently a fan

In 1968, a US bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Greenland. That time the bombs didn’t detonate and there was no catastrophe. But the nation now faces a new US threat and the outcome could be much worse

She was always adamant that she had done nothing heroic; that helping other people should be considered normal, not exceptional

The great crime writer, who died 50 years ago, may have looked in later life like Miss Marple – but in her youth she was an intrepid world traveller with a passion for surfing

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The booty went down in a shipwreck over 300 years ago. Now comes the tricky question of ownership

Behind locked doors in museums and archaeological sites, priceless works gather dust while the world waits outside

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Decisions made in Beijing have caused immense suffering for the Chinese people. It’s time to understand the mistakes of the past, or risk falling into ignorance

The Dutch historian has taken the magazine to task for a scathing review of his BBC lecture series

A Scottish geologist made a discovery that altered the way we see ourselves, and our planet. And yet his name is widely forgotten

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Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

The Swiss want their unique singing tradition to be given prized status as part of the world’s cultural heritage – but some nations are struggling to join in

An attempt to remove the stories of Black GIs from a second world war cemetery in the Netherlands ran into stiff resistance

He never lifted the World Cup, but his intelligence and fight for democracy made him one of the nation’s most beloved footballing icons

What they couldn’t take they tried the destroy, using statues for target practice - they even shot all the mummies

The restless historian was a victim of his own work ethic – and saw his dreams for British society smashed by Thatcher