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Bay of Pigs
27 January 2023The Bahía de Cochinos, also known as the Bay of Pigs, is a place that lives in infamy for the CIA. On April 17 1961, 1,500 US-trained Cuban...
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Wallis Simpson
27 January 2023She is surely one of the most fascinating figures in royal history. Perceived as a bad match for Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson is at the centre of...
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Anne Frank's Life After Her Arrest
27 January 2023Anne Frank’s diary is one of the most famous accounts of the Jewish experience during the Second World War, giving us a deeply personal glimpse...
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The Fall of J. Edgar Hoover
26 January 2023From 1956 to 1971, J. Edgar Hoover ran COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program). A series of covert and illegal FBI operations aimed at...
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Babylon
26 January 2023One of the most famous cities in history - Babylon is shrouded in mystery and myth. Located in ancient Mesopotamia, now modern Iraq, it was one of...
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Hatton: Elizabeth I's Favourite?
26 January 2023In the cut-throat world of the Elizabethan court, Sir Christopher Hatton became one of Elizabeth I’s favourites. After catching her eye in...
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Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu
26 January 2023The Three Musketeers paints a picture of King Louis XIII of France as a rather weak monarch controlled by his powerful chief minister...
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Toilets
25 January 2023It’s time to talk about the toilet, or crapper, or bog, or the john, head, the comfort station, khazi, dunny, can, throne, pissoir.
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The Great British Dig
25 January 2023We think of archaeology as an exclusionary profession, one reserved for experts in the field. But why isn't the discipline more accessible to the...
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The Crusades and the Chertsey Tiles
24 January 2023The largest group of tiles in The British Museum was found at the site of Chertsey Abbey in Surrey. These fragmented floor tiles depict the...
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Eunuchs
24 January 2023From Ancient Assyria to the Byzantine Empire, from the Qing dynasty’s Forbidden City to 19th century operas; Eunuchs have been present across a...
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Battle of Waterloo Skeletons Found in Attic!
24 January 2023Waterloo was one of the bloodiest battles in European history, yet until now only two bodies have ever been found on the battlefield. The remains...
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