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Although I realise that it is a favourite pastime among historians, particularly the British, to demonstrate that our idols have feet of clay, I must protest at the inclusion of Winston Churchill in t

Sipping tea in their suburban home, Jan Creamer and her husband Tim Phillips look like an ordinary couple putting their feet up. But appearances could not be more deceptive. This formidable pair have

Alice Loxton EleanorA 200-mile walk in search of England’slost queen352pp. Pan Macmillan. £22. Many are commemorated in stone, but few so grandly as Eleanor of Castile (d. 1290). Following her unexpec

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