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In one of the coldest winters on record, German forces mounted a desperate final roll of the dice to drive the Allies back. Cut off and encircled by the enemy, one city and its defenders held the line for over a week

Q I would be grateful if you could advise me on the following please. Persons of interest: • William Page 1816-; • spouse Emma Dunsby abt. 1823-1906; • & son Thomas John Page abt. 1843/4-1893. Investi

hen giving talks on UFOs I’m sometimes asked which single event offers the best evidence for intelligent alien life. Until the recent preprint report from the Planetary Habitability Laboratory conclud

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Alfred and Bede. These are the two figures who tower over the first half-millennium of the history of Anglo-Saxon England. There’s a reason for that, of course: they wrote this history. The Venerable