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The Story of Castles
24 September 2022Castles have held a pivotal place in British life, many of them remaining today as powerful reminders of our history and sources of inspiration....
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WW2: The Forgotten Blitz
23 September 2022When you think of the Blitz, you think of the Blitz on London. The two are synonymous, and not without reason. Over 57 consecutive nights and...
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
22 September 2022From an age in which women’s lives were obscured and poorly recorded, one shines brightly from the darkness. Eleanor of Aquitaine - born...
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Declaration of Independence
22 September 2022While the Revolutionary War was being fought in July 1776, the 13 British colonies in America came together to approve their Declaration of...
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The Atomic Bomb & the Secret City
22 September 2022In 1939 Franklin D Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein, warning him that the Nazis might be developing nuclear...
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Karnak: Egypt's Greatest Temple
22 September 2022Located on the banks of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt, the Karnak Temple complex is one of the largest buildings ever constructed for religious...
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Suleyman the Magnificent
21 September 2022The Lion House is a riveting new book from journalist and historian Christopher De Bellaigue, written like a novel that tells the dramatic story...
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Perfume
21 September 2022First Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel shocked the world’s eyeballs with her fashion designs. Then she shocked its nostrils with a new smell - Chanel...
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The Man Wrongfully Hanged at Cardiff Prison
20 September 2022In September 1952 Mahmood Hussein Mattan became the last to be executed at Cardiff Prison, but Mahmood had in fact been framed by the police and...
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Viking Sagas
20 September 2022Few people in European history have had as many stories told about them as the Vikings. We know about them from novels, films, TV series and...
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Fighter Jets: A History
20 September 2022This month marks 75 years since the establishment of the United States Air Force (USAF). So to mark this anniversary, we wanted to follow up on...
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Scottish Clans
19 September 2022It is believed clans started to emerge in Scotland around 1100AD and were originally the descendants of kings – if not of demigods from Irish...
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