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Four historians consider the extraordinary longevity of a popular English festival.

We ask four historians of the Cold War whether the demise of the USSR was as inevitable as it now seems.

Four historians consider the most fundamental question of all, one famously posed by E.H. Carr almost 60 years ago.

Toussaint Louverture’s lonely death in a French prison cell was not an unfortunate tragedy but a cruel story of betrayal.

Once the slave-trading capital of Britain, the memory of Britain’s empire of enslavement remains visible in Liverpool’s public buildings and streets.

Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms are widely used by historians. But does anyone benefit?

On 1 January 1933, Germany was a democracy with a range of political parties. By the end of the year its parliament was a rubber stamp for Adolf Hitler’s will.

What do the tyrants of the 20th century have in common? Terror, confusion and quasi-religious followings.

Leading historians discuss one of the burning questions of the day.

Four historians consider one of the most contentious questions facing the West’s museums and galleries.