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A photograph of a Tornado Jet Bomber

'It’s about existing amidst adversity': Q&A with Tornado author, John Nichol
Martin Luther King delivers his 'I Have a Dream', speech before the Lincoln Memorial

Why August 28 Is such an important date in black History
John Jellicoe Blair and an RAF Plane

John Jellicoe Blair and the Black RAF
Photograph of Lewis Latimer and Mary Seacole

The importance of celebrating black British history
Photograph of Walter Tull and fellow WW1 officers

Walter Tull: The Tottenham trailblazer and WW1 hero
A photograph showing Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fist on the podium

1968 Olympics Black Power salute
A photograph of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Facts
A photo of the ruins of the World Train Centre and Rick Rescorla's grave

Rick Rescorla: The Cornish Hero of 9/11
A photo montage showing a statue of Mary Seacole at St Thomas Hospital, London, alongside one of only two known photographs taken of Mary Seacole, taken around 1873.

The wonderful adventures of Mrs Seacole in many lands
A photo montage showing Malcolm X in March 1964 and the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC, USA.

The lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King: The firebrand and the pacifist
A nun being bricked up behind a wall as punishment

Killing me slowly: 7 of the longest executions in history
A group of African musicians from the painting, the Engagement of St Ursula and Prince Etherius

Black Tudors: The fascinating lives of Africans living in Tudor England
Photo of the 303 squadron

Fighter Boys: The heroic Polish pilots of the Battle of Britain

Lance Reddick

'I never imagined myself doing something like this': Lance Reddick on 'Book of Secrets'
Anna Whitty

WW2 Mystery: Foo Fighters - Anna Whiity Interview
A stylised photo of Chichén Itzá in Mérida, Mexico

5 legendary lost cities of gold from Akakor to El Dorado
Photo of a projector and a World War Two image of a flugzeugträger bombing

WW2 films based on real-life events from The Great Escape to Dambusters
Lost Relic Hunters - Title Graphic

'My job is to listen to objects': Dr Janina Ramirez on Lost Relic Hunters
Photo of the ceiling of the SIstine chapel depicting Adam's creation

How Long it Took to Paint the World's Most Iconic Buildings
The original Gawain and the Green Knight manuscript and a green sword

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: The quintessential chivalric romance
Two ghostly groups of Viking Gods in the morning haze, ready for battle, sky with storm clouds and bright sun

Ásgard and the nine worlds of Norse mythology
Hamilton White (pictured left) and Carl Cookson (pictured right)

Lost Relic Hunters S2: Episodes
A dummy tank

Dummy tanks and fake radio broadcasts: WW2's biggest deception campaigns
Punishment of Ixion

Who were the major Roman gods and goddesses?
The UnXplained with William Shatner

William Shatner Interview: 'You become unglued because of the mysteries'
The Shambles

5 historic British holiday destinations
A photograph of cannon windows on old galleon ship

What if the Spanish Armada had succeeded?
Adam Jenkins

60 Seconds of Skill: Q&A with archery instructor Adam Jenkins
'Freyja and the Necklace' by James Doyle Penrose, 1890

The most powerful goddesses in Norse mythology
Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake: Hero or Villain?
Spoon carving

60 Seconds of Skill: Q&A with spoon carver Jojo Wood

Alida Lopes and her classmates

The moving true story of a Jewish girl and her friends in occupied Amsterdam
Bats

Project X-ray: America's secret WW2 plan to drop bat bombs on Japan
Black and white picture of a hangman’s gallows with a noose.

Hang 'em High: 7 of history's most famous executioners
The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: 5 facts about Tudor England's biggest naval victory
Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe: The tennis star who broke boundaries on and off the court