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1. The final days of Pompeii

   In this second episode of our four-part series on Pompeii, Kev Lochun is joined by historian Dr Jess Venner to explore the cataclysm

2. "An ocean of pain and death": the horrific episode that inspired Picasso's Guernica

   "Guernica will always be a record of a time that is still hard to speak of", writes Kavita Puri

3. Stealing the V2 rocket: Britain’s secret WW2 intelligence coup

   Guy Walters reveals the secret plot to smuggle one of Hitler’s V2 rockets out of Europe

4. The five greatest prime ministerial downfalls of the past 100 years

   Richard Toye, professor of modern history at the University of Exeter, considers five of the most spectacular downfalls of British prime ministers during the past 100 years…

5. From acrimonious split to the ‘special relationship’: how the Fourth of July has been marked in Britain

   The independence of the US from Britain seems an unlikely moment to commemorate on this side of the Atlantic. But, as Sam Edwards explains, strong ties between imperial motherland and erstwhile colonies have long inspired celebrations in the UK