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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
Books

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

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

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

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

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

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’

Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty
Opinion

Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty

Top 5 books on Jacobean life
Books

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

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NPR Throughline is an illuminating reminder that the end is nigh (again)
Radio

NPR Throughline is an illuminating reminder that the end is nigh (again)

John Bird: Just a day in history
Opinion

John Bird: Just a day in history

Meet the anti-Indiana Jones’ returning stolen artefacts to their homes
News

Meet the anti-Indiana Jones’ returning stolen artefacts to their homes

Statue of Scots rent strikes campaigner Mary Barbour unveiled in Glasgow
Politics

Statue of Scots rent strikes campaigner Mary Barbour unveiled in Glasgow