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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

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

How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak's crushing election defeats
Politics

How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak's crushing election defeats

A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – rollicking tales of the Hundred Years' War
Books

A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – rollicking tales of the Hundred Years' War

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite
General Election 2024

Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite

Fashion icon Penelope Tree: 'Men really had the upper hand in the 1960s'
Penelope Tree with band Procul Harum by David Bailey
Books

Fashion icon Penelope Tree: 'Men really had the upper hand in the 1960s'

What the complex history of Cyprus can teach us about today's Europe 
Deposed Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios III meets the Labour government’s foreign secretary James Callaghan in London in 1974
Europe

What the complex history of Cyprus can teach us about today's Europe 

Nero was emperor of Rome at just 16. Which of us would have done better?
Nero
Roman Empire

Nero was emperor of Rome at just 16. Which of us would have done better?