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Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin's wistful slapstick lit up the silver screen like no one else.
Introducing... Real Vikings
The Vikings terrified the medieval world. Yet they beguile us today. Who were they really?
The American Civil War, Part 1 of 2
The Civil War began with a question: could a nation built on slavery survive without it?
Women's Football
After a catastrophic FA ban in 1921, how did the women’s game rise from the ashes?
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Why, in 1914, was Europe so fragile that a single shooting could tear it apart?
The Battle of Britain
In 1940, 3,000 airmen risked their lives to defend British shores from the Nazis.
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis is perhaps best known for his Chronicles of Narnia series.
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst peacetime economic shock of the twentieth century.
Ernest Hemingway
Sixty years after his death, Hemingway remains a symbol of modernism and masculinity.
Richard III
Shakespeare’s villain, Richard III, is immortalised as a monster, but is that fair?
