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Quid pro quo: the original meaning of the term haunting Donald Trump
In Depth Professor of historical linguistics explores how the use of the Latin phrase has evolved
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How big was the British Empire and why did it collapse?
Daily Briefing The largest in history at its height, there is little left of the British Empire today
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How big was the British Empire and why did it collapse?
Daily Briefing The largest in history at its height, there is little left of the British Empire today
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Seven tragic Second World War poems
In Depth Less well-known than those of the First World War, the poems of WWII are just as gut-wrenching
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The most moving First World War poems
In Depth First World War poetry described the terror of the trenches and the futility of war
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What is hauntology?
In Depth The idea asks if people can be haunted by ghosts of lost futures
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What happened at the last December election in 1923?
In Depth Pre-Christmas poll ‘spelled catastrophe for the Conservatives’ 96 years ago
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What happened at the Battle of Trafalgar?
In Depth Monday marks the 214th anniversary of Britain’s most famous naval victory
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What was the Peterloo Massacre?
In Depth Manchester marks 200th anniversary of slaughter of protesters seeking parliamentary reform
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Why a bonfire is sparking riots in Belfast
In Depth Police officers injured in clashes over anti-internment anniversary blaze
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A timeline of the Second World War: from declaration to surrender
In Depth Eight decades have passed since beginning of global conflict that would claim tens of millions of lives
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What happened when King Charles I prorogued parliament
In Depth Spectre of the 17th-century monarch evoked as Boris Johnson threatens to suspend the Commons
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Alan Turing: from persecuted pioneer to face of the £50 note
In Depth Codebreaker who helped defeat the Nazis is to be honoured by the Bank of England
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How did the Gulf War start?
In Depth As tensions rise in the region The Week explores why Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait nearly 30 years ago
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