History

How the Twist ignited Cambodia’s musical golden age
Music

How the Twist ignited Cambodia’s musical golden age

Alan Lomax created a ‘global jukebox’ for us all
Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax created a ‘global jukebox’ for us all

Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol
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Nothing Special review: A fictional peek into the world of Warhol

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?
Strike action

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?

Bloody Sunday: Why we need the human stories that history textbooks leave out
Julieann Campbell

Bloody Sunday: Why we need the human stories that history textbooks leave out

The forgotten cabinet makers who were more influential than Chippendale
history

The forgotten cabinet makers who were more influential than Chippendale

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?
History

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’
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Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’

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’
espionage

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
thriller

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’
Culture

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

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
exile

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
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

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

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

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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?