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The tragic murder of a forgotten US president

In the late 19th Century, President James Garfield promised progress and reform – but four months after his inauguration he was shot. New series...

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A forgotten chapter in the Nuremberg trials story

The Nazi high command was put on trial 80 years ago in 1945. In the new film Nuremberg, starring Russell Crowe as the charismatic and manipulative...

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The real family drama behind House of Guinness

The latest show from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight tells the thrilling story of brewing dynasty the Guinnesses – and was devised by Guinness...

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The controversial UK clubs that kept women out

Three hundred years since they first appeared, the capital's traditional members-only gentlemen's clubs – still frequented by royalty and power...

10.07.2025 60

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The lost 1930s masterpiece warning of Nazi horrors

Published years before WW2, Sally Carson's prescient novel captures the dawn of Nazi tyranny in a small German town – and remains relevant today. ...

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The truth about Henry VIII's right-hand man

With her award-winning Wolf Hall series of books, Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as TV adaptation Wolf Hall: The...

22.03.2025 20

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The truth about America's most vilified First Lady

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is...

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