Social history

(Original Caption) NEW YORK: WOMEN'S LIBERATION PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE, 8/26/71.

Women’s Lib: The Second Wave of Feminism

Unemployed men from the shipyard town of Jarrow march to London with Ellen Wilkinson MP © Getty

The march to save Jarrow

Who should we blame for Hawaiian shirts? © Getty Images

Who should we blame for Hawaiian shirts?

Seven things you need to know about pancake day © Getty Images

Seven things you need to know about pancake day

Seven bears who changed the world © U.S. Department of Agriculture

Seven bears who changed the world

Why we drive on the wrong side of the road © AP

Why we drive on the wrong side of the road

10 most controversial banned books © Wikimedia Commons

General history

10 most controversial banned books

Who was the 'Caroline' in Radio Caroline?

Who was the ‘Caroline’ in Radio Caroline?

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General history

10 weirdest taxes in history

Charles Dickens and the Staplehurst rail disaster © Wikimedia Commons

Charles Dickens and the Staplehurst rail disaster

250 years of Bristol Old Vic © Alamy250 years of Bristol Old Vic © Alamy

250 years of Bristol Old Vic

Why is bubble gum pink? © Getty Images

Why is bubble gum pink?

The top flying machines in history © Getty Images

General history

The top flying machines in history

Sporting history made at first FA Cup final © Wikimedia Commons

Sporting history made at first FA Cup final

Rebecca runs riot in rural Wales (Public Domain)

Rebecca runs riot in rural Wales