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Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War
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Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War

Films about the Second World War depict white soldiers going off to battle. As a child, Rosanna Amaka was astonished to discover that thousands of African soldiers had fought alongside them

Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew
natural history

Mammals have a surprising secret history – forget everything you thought you knew

We ain’t nothing but mammals – but there’s much more to the story than most of us know, as Elsa Panciroli outlines in her new book

Antisemitism is something you get used to – but we shouldn’t have to
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Antisemitism is something you get used to – but we shouldn’t have to

How can we end antisemitism if we don’t fully understand what it is?

Doug Johnstone: How a stroke led to my first contact with aliens
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Doug Johnstone: How a stroke led to my first contact with aliens

Colonialism’s ghosts of the Caribbean
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Colonialism’s ghosts of the Caribbean

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Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?
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Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?

Our ocean is in crisis, but here’s how we can turn the tide
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Our ocean is in crisis, but here’s how we can turn the tide

Deena Mohamed: How flipping the book opened a world of wishes
Graphic novels

Deena Mohamed: How flipping the book opened a world of wishes

When the Muppets went to Moscow: ‘It was incredibly difficult, but also dangerous’
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When the Muppets went to Moscow: ‘It was incredibly difficult, but also dangerous’

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability
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David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability

Our Daily Bread: Father Alex Frost says it’s not just prayer we need to tackle poverty
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Our Daily Bread: Father Alex Frost says it’s not just prayer we need to tackle poverty

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
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Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
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How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history’s strange fascinations
oddities

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history’s strange fascinations

Author Jonathan Melville: My trip behind the scenes of classic movie Local Hero
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Author Jonathan Melville: My trip behind the scenes of classic movie Local Hero

Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning
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Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning

Author Nicholas Reynolds: My life inside the CIA war machine
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Author Nicholas Reynolds: My life inside the CIA war machine

Manni Coe: Repairing my brother, one drawing at a time
family story

Manni Coe: Repairing my brother, one drawing at a time

John Vercher: We now know contact sports are dangerous – so is it ethical to watch them?
Books

John Vercher: We now know contact sports are dangerous – so is it ethical to watch them?

Was JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit a historical novel?
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Was JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit a historical novel?

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
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Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

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The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
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The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
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Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’
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Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live
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Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live