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QWhich country was the first to give women the right to vote? ANew Zealand was the first to enfranchise adult women when it came to voting. The landmark move was made in 1893, following attempts to ch

Professor Peter J Miller discusses which ancient sporting traditions have continued into our modern world and which have been lost to time

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Where to learn about athletic prowess around the world

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on

What the scientists are saying… The oldest ...