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Wellington after Waterloo – An Article by Rory Muir

Wellington after Waterloo by Rory Muir The Duke of Wellington felt far from triumphant after defeating Napoleon at…

The recent official announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s death has excited widespread debate and speculation on what…

Author Articles, Nature, Recent Posts, Wildlife August 4, 2015

By Tony Angell, author of The House of Owls — To most of us owls are mysterious and elusive…

Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486-465 BC, is the focus of a lively new biography…

Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486-465 BC, is the focus of a lively new biography…

‘What happened to France in 1940 was what happened to every power that went up against Germany in…

Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486-465 BC, is the focus of a lively new biography…

Should we fear or welcome the internet’s evolution? How big will it get? Philip Howard, leading digital expert…

Author Articles, History, News, Recent Posts, Religion June 19, 2015

The mystery surrounding the Shroud of Turin has fascinated people for centuries. Often considered to be the burial…

Put on some comfortable shoes (or just imagine putting them on!) and join us in our Italian holiday…

This year marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo – Waterloo200 – a great turning point in…

Author Articles, Environment, Nature, Recent Posts, Wildlife June 10, 2015

Deborah Cramer has spent the last few years following a relatively unknown and unassuming shorebird, the red knot….

What drives us to learn? How do books help us understand the world? How does language fail us?…

By May 1945 all of the concentration and extermination camps across Europe had been liberated. In this final piece…

What was it like to live in Roman Britain? Much ink has been spilled on the archaeological remains that still exist…