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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.

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Caesar, my grandmother’s dog, greeting me at the door. 1957

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A photograph taken in Egypt by renowned photographer Hossam Diab of a man sentenced to execution in 1985. His only request before it was carried out: “a cup of tea."

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Two photos of John Lennon taken one year apart. 1966 & 1967

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Soldiers of the 137th Infantry Brigade, part of Britains 46th division, after The Battle of St. Quentin Canal on September 29th, 1918.

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Young couple posing for their portrait together, circa 1890s.

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"We won't fight another rich man's war!!!" March of Vietnam veterans, 1970.

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"What a Woman may be, and yet not have the Vote" - British pro-women's suffrage propaganda, 1913.

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Burning Monk, 1963

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My parent’s wedding in 1957

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An Iraqi girl kissing her father for the last time as he heads off to the Iran–Iraq War (1980)

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Indian soldiers burying fallen Pakistani soldiers according to Islamic rituals after Pakistan refused to accept their bodies, Kargil War, 1999

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Surfers in the 60s

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