Signs of the times

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When Thomas Speller announced he was getting married in 1618, the news sparked a b

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BBC History Magazine

24 November 2022

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How many detectives are faced with the entire population of an island putting on a play for them?” This was the question director Robin Hardy posited as the central mystery to his 1973 masterpiece, Th

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