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The Hidden Death in the Victorian Wallpaper

When it opened in 1881 the comic opera Patience was the first theatrical production in the world to be lit

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Remembering South Vietnam | History Today

In her 2010 memoir Tales from a Mountain City, Quynh Dao – who was 15 at the fall of Saigon

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Catherine of Siena’s American Daughters

Catherine of Siena (1347-80) was made a saint in 1461, less than a century after she died. In 1970 Pope

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65,000-year-old Neanderthal Glue Factory Discovered in Gibraltar

A recent discovery in Gibraltar has unveiled one of the most advanced manufacturing sites of the ancient world: a Neanderthal

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Early Modern Millers’ Tales | History Today

By the end of the medieval period millers had poor reputations. Chaucer’s miller in the Canterbury Tales was coarse, vulgar,

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Wool Aliens of the British Empire

In the early 1910s a young woman set out every day to walk the river banks near Galashiels in the

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Shocking 2,000-Year-Old Fig Find Opens New Chapter in Ireland’s History

A recent discovery at the Drumanagh promontory fort in North Dublin is reshaping our understanding of Ireland’s Iron Age trade

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James VI and I: Spinning the English Succession

In December 1593 Robert Persons, a leader of the English Jesuits on the Continent, was putting the finishing touches to

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Church Built by Roman Emperor Justinian I Excavated in Aquileia, Italy

In the quiet and peaceful village of Aquileia, in northern Italy near the Adriatic Sea coast, archaeologists from the Austrian

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Dedicated Roman Gladiator Superfans Were the Football Hooligans of Their Day

 John Pearce/The Conversation In the amphitheatre of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors – but