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Thames archaeologists uncover skeleton in medieval ‘wellies’
Speed Read Discovery of 500-year-old body in leather waders hailed as ‘extremely rare’
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William Blake’s best poems
In Depth Often dismissed as mad during his lifetime, Blake’s mystical imagery continues to enthral
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Lady Trumpington dies: who were the women of Bletchley Park?
In Depth Thousands of women worked to run top-secret codebreaking operation - but their contributions long went unrecognised
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First World War centenary: Armistice events around the UK
The Week Recommends A selection of events going on around the country as the UK prepares to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One
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What was Kristallnacht? 80 years since Nazi purge
In Depth Today marks the 80th anniversary of the ‘Night of Broken Glass’, a pogrom against German Jews that set the stage for the Holocaust
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Fantastic Beasts: the real-life witch trials and secret societies
In Depth Witchcraft was once seen as a growing threat to Christendom, justifying countless trials and executions
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What is mad cow disease - and why is it dangerous to humans?
In Depth A Scottish farm has reported the first UK cow death from BSE in three years
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Graffiti in Pompeii set to rewrite history books
Speed Read Eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have occurred months after initially thought
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How did Horatio Nelson die?
In Depth The revered naval commander was killed 213 years ago on Sunday
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Was Adolf Hitler bisexual?
Speed Read Declassified 1942 US intelligence report claims dictator was ‘homosexual and heterosexual’.
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First World War: four things we get wrong
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The Romanoffs: how did the Tsar and his family die?
In Depth New series about descendants of the Russian royal family comes to Amazon Prime
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German reunification: how the world reacted
In Depth This week marks the 28th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the German Democratic Republic
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What happened at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
In Depth This week marks 952nd anniversary of bloody clash that paved way for Normans to conquer England
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