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Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss
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Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss

Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: ‘You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre’
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Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: ‘You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre’

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
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How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film

Michael Morpurgo on War Horse turning 40: ‘There will be no future without peace’
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Michael Morpurgo on War Horse turning 40: ‘There will be no future without peace’

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
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Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands

Sorry, I Didn’t Know: ‘This show is decorating Black history with humour’
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Sorry, I Didn’t Know: ‘This show is decorating Black history with humour’

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
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Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen
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Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
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The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years
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Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison
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A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison

Chad Orzel: What happened to history’s missing 10 days?
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Chad Orzel: What happened to history’s missing 10 days?

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
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Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition
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How Herbert Ponting captured Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition

Glasgow’s historic buildings have been neglected – but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past
Paul Sweeney

Glasgow’s historic buildings have been neglected – but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past

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How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation
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How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation

‘Evil’ or ‘planet struck’: How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now
Andrew Doig

‘Evil’ or ‘planet struck’: How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now

UK’s first Black bookshop hopes crowdfunder will save it from closure
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UK’s first Black bookshop hopes crowdfunder will save it from closure

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert uses TikTok to make sure we never forget
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Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert uses TikTok to make sure we never forget