History

John Shakespeare lived in Peking in 1936. Now in his 80s, he has just gone back there for the first time

Sorting through the first-world-war centenary celebrations

In Berlin, victims of the Nazis are being remembered with brass plates, embedded in concrete in the streets where they lived

Caroline Moorehead goes back to the summer of 1940 and the untold story of one young couple

One of the most famous moments of protest in British history turns 100

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia died a traitor in the eyes of his countrymen. His daughter, Princess Elizabeth, has fought to clear his name

The story about his family and their netsuke continues

Why this year in the Sixties shouldn't be left in the shade

The black descendants of slaves in Mexico struggle against entrenched racism. Alexis Okeowo explores the so-called first free slave town in the Americas

Lady Jane Grey has become an iconic Tudor victim: virginal, sweet and beheaded at 16. But is any of this true?