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Historian Simon Schama, 2015 (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

Simon Schama “Humans are a marvel of ingenuity, yet we seem to exist in this great pond of primitive terror and paranoia” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gussie Moran playing tennis with her lace knickers on show at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.

10 scandalous moments in Wimbledon’s history

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Guitarist David Crosby of the Byrds performs with his band in front of a large crowd at the Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mount Tamalpais, June 1967. (Image by © Henry Diltz/Corbis)

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From Ancient Greece to Glastonbury: a brief history of music festivals

Juneteenth celebrations, also known as Emancipation Day, in Texas, 1900

Juneteenth What is it, historians on its relevance, and 9 articles you should read

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Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)

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A uniformed US soldier plants American flags at gravesites on Memorial Day

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A family walks through San Francisco’s Chinatown district in 1904. Chinese culture endured in the US in spite of the Chinese Exclusion Act (Photo by Arnold Genthe/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

The Chinese Exclusion Act: your guide to the 19th-century US anti-immigration laws