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The Bayeux Tapestry: a political football for 900 years
With the news that Bayeux Tapestry will be loaned to the UK confirmed, Dr David Musgrove examines the politics surrounding ...
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Step inside the covert WW2 spy network that trained women to kill with their bare hands
Responsible for daring assignments like Operation Postmaster, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was given a mission to ...
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A hidden Roman villa? A pair of "remarkable" swords might have just unlocked its ancient secrets
Two rare Roman cavalry swords discovered in a Gloucestershire field have sparked the excavation of a previously unknown Iron ...
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Think James Bond's pure fantasy? His creator's real WW2 missions were more outrageous than you'd believe
From exploding tinned food to covert assaults and code-breaking schemes, Ian Fleming’s real-life wartime exploits were just ...
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Are you healthier than a Roman? These ancient secrets for longevity are still shockingly relevant
From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...
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Were ancient Ireland’s ‘incestuous elites’ just a myth? A tomb older than Stonehenge has new answers
In 2020, analysis of a skull fragment discovered at Newgrange, County Meath, led to sensational claims of royal incest within ...
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The CIA’s most unlikely Cold War weapon? A secret smuggling operation that terrified Soviet censors
In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the Soviet Union imposed ideological control across Eastern Europe, the CIA ...
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Spring-Heeled Jack: the fire-breathing phantom that terrorised Victorian England
A supernaturally athletic ghost is alleged to have menaced the towns and cities of 19th-century England. Able to spew fire from its mouth and jump extraordinary distances, this phantom confounded the ...