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Comedian Phil Wang owes his life to a museum – literally
Museums

Comedian Phil Wang owes his life to a museum – literally

The comedian's love of museums runs deep – here's a list of his favourites
I broke the Guinness World Record for most museum visits in a single day – this is what I learned
Museums

I broke the Guinness World Record for most museum visits in a single day – this is what I learned

What we can learn from the eerie and mysterious worlds we leave behind
Books

What we can learn from the eerie and mysterious worlds we leave behind

Why Putin's Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
Russia

Why Putin's Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot's Middlemarch
John Bird

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot's Middlemarch

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Riefenstahl director Andres Veiel on the lessons we must learn from Hitler's favourite filmmaker
Film

Riefenstahl director Andres Veiel on the lessons we must learn from Hitler's favourite filmmaker

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War's most important weapons
Books

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War's most important weapons

SIX The Musical star Aimie Atkinson: 'Henry VIII's wives had issues that women are still dealing with'
Film

SIX The Musical star Aimie Atkinson: 'Henry VIII's wives had issues that women are still dealing with'

Hedonist ex-MP Victor Grayson tried to expose corruption and scandal. Then he disappeared forever
Corruption

Hedonist ex-MP Victor Grayson tried to expose corruption and scandal. Then he disappeared forever

'Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice': How tagging became modern folklore
10Foot Takeover

'Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice': How tagging became modern folklore

Top 5 British history books, chosen by historian and author Ian Stewart
British history

Top 5 British history books, chosen by historian and author Ian Stewart

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: 'Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity'
Nuclear disarmament

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: 'Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity'

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
Books

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

Stonehenge can offer us wisdom from the deep and distant past
Paul McNamee

Stonehenge can offer us wisdom from the deep and distant past

This Black flower seller's identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure
black british history, hastings
Black history

This Black flower seller's identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure

Horrible Histories author Terry Deary: 'The most important day in history is tomorrow'
Books

Horrible Histories author Terry Deary: 'The most important day in history is tomorrow'

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt
Books

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother's sorrowful story
Family secrets

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother's sorrowful story

Black History Month: 12 forgotten Black heroes who defined and redefined modern Britain
Black History Month

Black History Month: 12 forgotten Black heroes who defined and redefined modern Britain

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
Literature

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along

How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England
Books

How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
If memory serves, empathy and decency always win over hate 
Paul McNamee

If memory serves, empathy and decency always win over hate 

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves
Transport

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves

Who was the first to climb Everest? The mystery of George Mallory and who got to the summit first
Books

Who was the first to climb Everest? The mystery of George Mallory and who got to the summit first

Top 5 historically important memoirs, chosen by best-selling author Joshua Lisec
Books

Top 5 historically important memoirs, chosen by best-selling author Joshua Lisec

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