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Best National Trust houses to visit this winter
The Week Recommends Head inside a historic stately home, castle or farmhouse looked after by the charity
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The Queen and her prime ministers - in pictures
In Pictures Through her 70-year reign, the Queen greeted 15 prime ministers
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Papua New Guinea appoints minister for coffee
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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The UK’s five greatest prime ministers
In Depth As Britain prepares for a new leader, we look back at some of the nation’s most lauded PMs
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Plea for public to help find secret Second World War bunkers
Speed Read Hundreds of ‘Scallywag’ underground hideouts lie undiscovered in British countryside
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Winston Churchill: antifascist hero or racist warmonger – or both?
In Depth Wartime leader celebrated as a hero but espoused racist views in his lifetime
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Reaction: Black Lives Matter protesters tear down ‘toxic’ slave trader statue
In Depth Home Secretary Priti Patel describes the toppling as ‘utterly disgraceful’ vandalism
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VE Day: how World War 2 ended
In Depth This year Europe will mark 75 years since the Allies declared victory over Germany
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52 ideas that changed the world - 31. Prison
In Depth From the brutal conditions of medieval jails to the modern ‘rehabilitation not incarceration’ focus in Scandinavia
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Winston Churchill ‘probably’ sexually abused as boy
Speed Read Biographer Lord Dobbs says former PM suffered ‘appalling treatment’ at school
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How did Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini die?
In Depth Debate continues about the circumstances of Il Duce’s death more than seven decades ago
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Memorabilia reveals Winston Churchill’s eccentric work habits
Speed Read Documents released to coincide with biopic Darkest Hour show wartime PM like to dictate speeches from bed
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What was the Battle of Britain and why was it so important?
In Depth German troops were ultimately unsuccessful in their aerial assault of the British mainland
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Churchill tried to suppress Windsors' links with Hitler
Speed Read Declassified files reveal efforts to hide Nazi plot to restore Edward VIII to the throne
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