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Rose Dugdale rejected her privileged background and joined the IRA. In April 1974, reported the BBC, she took part in "one of the largest art... Read More

Is the US president a republican substitute for royalty? The influence of George III on the Founding Fathers was profound. Read More

The Mau Mau rebellion (1952-60), led by the Kikuyu people of Kenya, was a guerrilla warconducted against British colonial... Read More

At the outbreak of World War II, Germany sent its bombers to hit Ireland, but Hitler’s motives remain unclear. Read More

On the night of Aug. 9, 1942, an Allied fleet of 17 warships guarded the approaches to Guadalcanal. The fleet was newer, larger, and better... Read More

The Long Telegram of February 22, 1946, by the deputy to the United States Ambassador in the Soviet Union George Kennan, was a conceptual... Read More

Coolidge and Mellon refused to bend—and helped secure America’s rise Read More

Small towns across the US have elected animals to the pinnacle of civic leadership – and it seems to work for them Read More

'Bucket shops' blurred the line between gambling and forecasting, laying the groundwork for today’s prediction markets. Read More

In England and its colonies, no one was burnt at the stake during witch-hunts: not at Pendle, not at Salem, and not under the campaigns of... Read More

In the fourth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur examines the controversial... Read More

For many visitors to these European museums, the acts of those who opposed Nazism and Fascism have become newly relevant. Read More

We’ve done this ranking for three decades. The results tell us a lot about both business and leadership. Read More

Most US history textbooks give it less than a page — if it's mentioned at all. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

During the Revolutionary War a vital web of intelligence was established, with General Washington at its head. Operating through coded... Read More

Join Greg Jenner and his guests in Ancient China for a close look at The Terracotta Army. Read More

Jack Johnson was the first world Black heavyweight champion, but winning the title was only part of the battle. Every time Johnson stepped... Read More

Emily Sneff, author of When the Declaration of Independence was News, joins us to explore how people actually learned about the Declaration... Read More

Dinosaur wings seem to have originally been used not to fly but to attract a mate. Read More

"The lack of attention to authentic detail really irritates me." Read More

At the end of the 19th century, the law-abiding citizens of Birmingham were terrorised by a new breed of gang member with two defining... Read More

A new book argues that the film producer’s trip to the River Rouge plant in Michigan inspired him to embrace the power of automation... Read More

In the run-up to World War II, King George VI sought to rally American support with a garden party at the British Embassy, but it... Read More

“American Revolution: The Augmented Exhibition” will remain open until at least July 2027. Read More

The Fashoda Incident of 1898 occurred in Sudan and caused a diplomatic crisis between the British and French empires. A small French force... Read More

The latest attack on the Republican comes in a country that has seen four presidents assassinated while in office Read More

In January 1944, two Ranger battalions walked into an ambush at Cisterna, Italy. Only six of 767 men escaped, forever reshaping the Army... Read More

Coolidge and Mellon refused to bend—and helped secure America’s rise Read More

Unscrupulous manufacturers sold the Federal government "shoddy" uniforms, guns that didn’t shoot, and ill-fitting shoes. Read More

One of the world’s most recognisable sporting events, the story of the marathon begins in the rugged hills of ancient Greece, where... Read More

Predating the Aztec Empire, Merton College Library in Oxford has been used by everyone from celebrated 14th-Century mathematicians to JRR... Read More

What feels ordinary today once stirred controversy. Read More

Germany's last emperor, a gilded porcelain vase and a general who had a heart attack in a pink tutu: The Eulenburg Affair shook the German... Read More

Vietnamese identity has been forged in opposition to imperialism. But the country has long been the conqueror as well as the conquered. Read More

During the annexation of Austria in 1938, German troops seized the property of wealthy Jewish families – but this tiara managed to evade... Read More

Created for Mary I, the first woman to rule England in her own right, the book is “perhaps the most significant artifact of Tudor... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More