1924: The Death of Lenin
On 21 January 1924, the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died. Here's how the news was reported in Britain.
20th Century
A collection of 83 Posts
1900: Mulberry Street, New York
A glimpse into Manhattan's teeming streets at the turn of the twentieth century
1918: Inside Amiens Cathedral
A journalist describes a poignant service in a barricaded and subdued church
A Blacksmith in Illinois
Bert Wikle was a member of the German-American Community in the early twentieth century
Why did Joseph Stalin Decide to Invade Finland in 1939?
The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rentola explains, it turned out to be a strategic blunder
Harry Clifton and Brideshead’s Sebastian Flyte
The real-life inspiration for a classic character from fiction
The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair
Kassia St Clair on an event that 'accelerated the twentieth century'
The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
From the moment von Zeppelin flew his airship in the summer of 1900, people saw these machines as new emblems of the modern world.