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Cartoon historian Mark Bryant examines the origins of caricature itself, and the ambivalent attitude to it of the man whose name has become synonymous with the emergence of the art in Britain.

Geologist and historian Roger Osborne wants to know just what people mean when they use the ‘C’ word.

Film historian Thomas Doherty does some detective work on a mystery from the 1930s, when the Hollywood studios had to deal with the upsurge of racism in Hitler’s Germany.

Simon Kitson explores the prevalence of spying for and against the Nazis in southern France after the German invasion.

The prodigious composer was born in Salzburg on January 27th, 1756.

Confusion between English and British history goes back a long way, as Alan MacColl reveals.

Historian June Purvis gives her very personal reflections on attending the ceremonies on HMS Victory on Trafalgar Day 2005.

The first result of the Liberal Party landslide was reported on January 12th, 1906, with a Liberal victory in Ipswich.

Having already resigned the sovereignty of the Netherlands in 1555, Charles V resigned Spain on January 16th, 1556.