Hot cockles, handball and hide-and-seek

A coroner’s view of Tudor ends

A pub might seem a strange place to begin a history of Britain’s playgrounds. Yet in June 1858, Charles Dickens delivered a speech at the London Tavern in Bishopsgate Street that, he hoped, would tran

Different ways of dying across the British Isles

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We explore why boys’ education matters now, more than ever, and how schools can respond to their distinct developmental needs

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