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Iran and the 'Great Satan'
The Explainer Why the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been at each other's throats for more than four decades
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Edinburgh Castle and Scotland's redcoats reckoning
Talking Point Almost 4,000 people have signed a petition calling for the castle's Redcoat Cafe to be renamed
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'Chaucer Here and Now' at the Bodleian Libraries
The Week Recommends The influence of the so-called 'father of English literature' is tracked throughout the centuries in this 'small but special' exhibition
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Robert Burns's most famous poems and literary works
In Depth Including Auld Lang Syne and Address to a Haggis
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Behemoths of the seas
The Explainer Cruise liners keep getting bigger, with the world’s largest 'megaship' ever built set to make its maiden voyage this month.
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When Santa fought for the Union
The Explainer How the bloodshed and turmoil of the Civil War helped make the modern American Christmas.
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Israel-Palestine: why did the Oslo accords fail?
The Explainer 1993 peace deal recognised state of Israel and authority of PLO, but major stumbling blocks remained
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Ukraine's fraught relationship with Russia: a brief history
In Depth Russia and Ukraine are bound together by history and geography, but Putin sees danger in that symbiosis
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Who killed JFK? The assassination that spawned 60 years of conspiracy theories
In depth Sixty years ago, on 22 November 1963, the US president was shot dead in Dallas, Texas
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Music explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth This emotive but hard-to-define art form has played a pivotal role in human evolution
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Vegetarianism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth How meat-free diets went from religious abstention to global sustainability trend
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Germ theory in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth How a new understanding of bacteria revolutionised medicine
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The contraceptive pill explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth The tiny tablet revolutionised the lives of women in the US and UK when it became available in the 1960s
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98-year-old charged with accessory to murder during Holocaust
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