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JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother’s childhood secret
Books

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother’s childhood secret

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
Books

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

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

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

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison
Books

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison

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

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
Book reviews

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

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
Books

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

Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War
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Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War

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
News

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

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

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

The legacy of Dr David Livingstone: Problematic, I presume?
Politics

The legacy of Dr David Livingstone: Problematic, I presume?

Silver Pride pioneers in overdue celebration of older LGBTQ+ people
Culture

Silver Pride pioneers in overdue celebration of older LGBTQ+ people

‘Listening to Akala is a reminder of how ugly recent British history was’
Radio

‘Listening to Akala is a reminder of how ugly recent British history was’

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Top 5 books on Jacobean life
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Top 5 books on Jacobean life

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s new drama tells the true story behind a Hollywood classic
Radio

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s new drama tells the true story behind a Hollywood classic

Seeking an oasis of calm? Head for Radio 4’s desert island
Radio

Seeking an oasis of calm? Head for Radio 4’s desert island

Florence Nightingale: More than just the lady with the lamp
Health

Florence Nightingale: More than just the lady with the lamp