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The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
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Books

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years
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book reviews

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison
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Books

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison

Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?
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Books

Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
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Book reviews

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
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Books

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition
Books

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition

Glasgow's historic buildings have been neglected - but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past
Paul Sweeney

Glasgow's historic buildings have been neglected - but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past

Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War
Books

Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War

How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation
Books

How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation

'Evil' or 'planet struck': How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now
Andrew Doig

'Evil' or 'planet struck': How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now

UK's first Black bookshop hopes crowdfunder will save it from closure
News

UK's first Black bookshop hopes crowdfunder will save it from closure

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert uses TikTok to make sure we never forget
Culture

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert uses TikTok to make sure we never forget

The legacy of Dr David Livingstone: Problematic, I presume?
Politics

The legacy of Dr David Livingstone: Problematic, I presume?

Silver Pride pioneers in overdue celebration of older LGBTQ+ people
Culture

Silver Pride pioneers in overdue celebration of older LGBTQ+ people

'Listening to Akala is a reminder of how ugly recent British history was'
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Radio

'Listening to Akala is a reminder of how ugly recent British history was'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty
John Bird

Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty

Top 5 books on Jacobean life
Top 5 books about Jacobean life
Books

Top 5 books on Jacobean life

Tracy-Ann Oberman's new drama tells the true story behind a Hollywood classic
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Radio

Tracy-Ann Oberman's new drama tells the true story behind a Hollywood classic

Robin Ince: Seeking an oasis of calm? Head for Radio 4's desert island
Radio

Robin Ince: Seeking an oasis of calm? Head for Radio 4's desert island

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