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Can Hollande live up to expectations?
As Francois Hollande takes up his seat as President of France, will he be able to live up to the huge expectations of those who voted for him or will his reputation for indecision be his undoing, asks Robert Tombs.
The End Of Honecker
A film about the downfall of the East German head of state, Erich Honecker, which includes an astonishing interview with his apparently unrepentant widow, will receive its UK premiere next week.
There but not there: the meaning of absence
A lecture tomorrow by Professor Hung Wu is a rare opportunity to hear an eminent Chinese scholar talk about the ways in which the country's artists have responded to huge social and political change over the last 40 years.
The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China
In the first exhibition of its kind, the Fitzwilliam Museum will relate the story of the quest for immortality and struggle for imperial legitimacy in ancient China's Han Dynasty.
Inside Hitler's mind
A secret report, previously unknown to historians, shows how British Intelligence was tracking Hitler's growing preoccupation with “the enemy within” on the eve of the Final Solution.
Heart-Breaking History: Voices of sick children from the past
A new study into the grim and frequently heart-breaking history of childhood sickness and death has opened a window on to a surprisingly tender world of close families and devoted parenting in early modern England.
Rage against the machine
April 2012 marks the bicentenary of the high-water mark of the Luddite rebellion - but new research suggests that the movement may be celebrated for the wrong reasons.
Egg Cetera #3: Take thirty Eggs, fifteen whites, beat them well…
In the third report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, Dr Joe Moshenska delves into Sir Kenelm Digby's fantastical and exotic 17th-century recipes and finds an early champion of cooking by science.