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The Watergate Scandal
21 January 2024Wiretapping, White House tapes and the possibility of impeachment. On June 17, 1972, a break-in at the Watergate Hotel triggered a chain of events...
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The Real Dick Turpin
21 January 2024"Your money or your life!"
Those are the immortal words ascribed to this famous outlaw. Terror of the rich. Hero to the poor. Charmer of...
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Lascaux Cave: Ice Age Art
21 January 2024Lascaux Cave is an Ice Age wonder. Its walls and ceilings are adorned with stunning depictions of bison, aurochs and deer painted by...
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Kamasutra: The Ancient Playboy Manual
19 January 2024Most people would assume that the Kamasutra is a book of hundreds of fantastical sex positions.
They would partly be right, but mostly...
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President Millard Fillmore: The Most Handsome President?
18 January 2024How did a president lose his entire cabinet so soon after taking office? What was his role in the Westward expansion of the United States? And...
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Harald Hardrada
18 January 2024In the second of Gone Medieval’s series looking at the road to the Battle of Hastings, Matt Lewis focuses on another claimant to the English...
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The Many Murders of Alexander the Great
18 January 2024Alexander the Great - conqueror, legend, murderer. After ascending to the throne at aged 20 in 336BCE, his rule started with mass executions and...
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Trading British Brides for American Tobacco
18 January 2024In 1621 the Virginia Company of London put out a call for young, handsome and honestly educated women to become wives for the planters in its new...
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Cicero
17 January 2024Marcus Tullius Cicero is one of the most famous orators in ancient history, and a central figure during the final years of the Roman...
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What if Hitler Had Invaded Britain?
17 January 2024How prepared was Britain for a Nazi invasion? The common perception is of a country woefully unprepared for war; hastily assembled defences manned...
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The Real Outlander
16 January 2024How real to true events is the Outlander series?
The Jacobite uprising of the 18th century was led by Bonnie Prince Charlie to reclaim the...
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The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.
15 January 2024Who introduced Martin Luther King Jr. to activism? Why is the influence of mothers so often understated? And did you know about the other King...
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