In the early 20th century, the Kennedy family’s political ambitions were built around their eldest son, Joe Jr – until his ...

As long-lasting monarchies fell across the 20th century, Britain’s endured – sustained by wartime victory, constitutional ...

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Has history captured Lady Jane Grey’s story accurately? As her childhood home re-opens to the public, we investigate the ...

Before Bosworth, Margaret Beaufort’s actions were shaped less by maternal devotion to Henry Tudor than by trauma – and the ...

Winston Churchill’s leadership in 1940 became one of the defining moments of modern British history – but the legacy of that ...

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Martin Luther King gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech towards the close of the March on Washington on 28 August 1963. This event was backed by a fractious coalition of African-American civil rights ...

African-Americans had wilfully violated the segregation of public transport before Rosa Parks, even in her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, where 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested nine months ...

Iran enjoys one of the richest historical lineages of any modern state stretching back several thousand years. This history can be broadly divided into three epochs: the pre-Islamic ancient period ...