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Abraham Lincoln
25 February 2024Abraham Lincoln began his life in a log cabin in Kentucky, the son of poor pioneers. He would end it as President of the United States, having...
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How to Cook Like a Medieval Chef
23 February 2024Preparing, serving and sharing food has always played a critical role in human history. But what did people in the Middle Ages like to eat and...
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D.B. Cooper & the 70s Hijacking Craze
22 February 2024On 23 June 1972, a man boarded American Airlines Flight 119 in St Louis. He sat most of the way to Tulsa before donning a wig and a pair of gloves...
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Origins of Carthage
22 February 2024Famed as one of Rome’s fiercest enemies, the city of Carthage was one of the jewels of the ancient Mediterranean world. Situated on the coast of...
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Ghosts & Guardian Angels
22 February 2024In Elizabethan and Stuart England, ghosts weren't supposed to exist. Protestant preachers and writers had banished them - but people continued to...
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The Earliest Evidence of Ghosts
22 February 2024The earliest evidence of human belief in ghosts comes from 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Who were these first ghosts? What was the underworld...
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The Sex Life of William 'Braveheart' Wallace
22 February 2024If you've seen the film Braveheart, you might have certain expectations about the real history of William Wallace.
Separating fact from...
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Britain's Secret Expedition to Antarctica
21 February 2024In 1943, just as the Second World War was raging across the globe, the British government launched a top-secret mission to the Antarctic....
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The Real History of Sex Dolls
20 February 2024The origins of the modern sex doll are shrouded in myth.
Some say they came from crafty sailors in the 18th century, a long way from home...
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Sweyn Forkbeard: First Viking King of England
20 February 2024Sweyn Forkbeard was the first Viking King of England, however you'd be forgiven for potentially forgetting who he was given he was only King for...
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Harold Godwinson: The Last Anglo-Saxon King
20 February 2024Dr Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis uncover the stories of the protagonists and events that led up to the Battle of Hastings. There’s Harold...
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Tulsa Massacre: Violence, Resilience & Rebirth
19 February 2024The city of Tulsa is perhaps best known in history books for the events of 1921. In 36 hours, hundreds of residents of the Greenwood district were...
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