Daily quiz: 27 July
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Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, ruler of the princely state of Nawanagar, opened his realm to young Poles who had been detained in Sovie…
Over several years, Malcolm Gaskill travelled around Italy, retracing the footsteps of his great-uncle Ralph, a prisoner of war. Here, he re…
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The earliest surviving fragments of the epic poem—the subject of Christopher Nolan's latest Hollywood blockbuster—date back more than 2,000 …
In this four-part podcast series, Dr Daisy Dunn joins Kev Lochun to unpick Homer's Odyssey – from the gods and monsters through to its hidde…
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The Bolsheviks executed the last czar, Nicholas II, and the rest of his family, including his famous daughter Anastasia, 108 years ago. Surv…
Broadcaster Misha Glenny chooses Ivan Stambolić (1936–2000) as his history hero
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John Pumphrey was still a boy when he enlisted in the Continental Army in 1777. After archaeologists discovered his remains, a genetic genea…
The Bayeux Tapestry is coming home to England for an exhibition at the British Museum. Gale Owen-Crocker explains how the Tapestry was made …
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Meteorological tsunamis likely sank the 13th-century trading vessels, whose cargo included objects from both Christian kingdoms and Moorish …
Nicholas Vincent strips away the mythology to uncover the political reality behind Magna Carta and medieval life in the early 13th century
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Soldiers of Irish heritage accounted for up to 50 percent of the Continental Army's ranks. Driven from their homeland by British oppression,…
Kate williams speaks to Charlotte Vosper about the changing image of female monarchs – and why we expect too much of them
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Progressive reformer Frances Kellor spearheaded efforts to celebrate Americanization Day, arguing that immigrants should fully embrace U.S. …
Ian Mortimer guides us through a day in the 1300s – from waking up on a straw mat to smelling your neighbour's cesspit – and teaches us how …
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The June 1876 firefight resulted in the deaths of George Armstrong Custer and 267 of his men. Historians continue to debate exactly how the …
Showrunner Chris Brancato and co-creator/executive producer Michael Panes tell us about the inspiration behind The Westies and how they brou…
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The British punished rebellious New Englanders by depriving them of their livelihood. This led unemployed mariners to enlist in the patriot …
As big and brash as its New York setting, MGM+ action-drama The Westies stars JK Simmons as an Irish-American gang leader, Eamon Sweeney, ma…
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Philadelphia politicians hoped to replicate the success of the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Instead, the 1926 world's fair lost millions of d…
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Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." His science fi…
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Lincoln Steffens was a reporter so dogged that political party bosses called him a “born crook that’s gone straight.” He and his fellow muck…
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“Force may subdue, but love gains”: The Quaker practice of conscientious objection evolved through Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi before becomi…
Baker's work was instrumental in the success of the NAACP and other organizations, but she did it in a way that didn’t put herself in the sp…