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Elephants crossing river

The Elephant Man

08 Nov 2010

The remarkable story of a daring World War II operation in which hundreds of people fleeing the Japanese advance through Burma were rescued by...

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1972 Munich Olympic Stadium

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

01 May 2010

A new analysis of the Munich Games of 1972 places the event at the very centre of modern German history, as Dr Chris Young explains.

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Uncovered: The “lost” paper Churchill kept from publication

08 Mar 2007

An article that Winston Churchill wrote but then banned from publication because of its “perverse” messages about the persecution of Jews has been...

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Winston Churchill

Churchill borrowed some of his biggest ideas from HG Wells

27 Nov 2006

Winston Churchill was a “closet science-fiction fan” who borrowed the lines for one of his most famous speeches from H. G. Wells, a Cambridge...

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