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T he UK needs more houses. Demand is outstripping supply and it’s driving up prices, making affordable housing harder to come by. That’s just one of the reasons behind the government’s intention to bu

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

In 1798, Britain’s most celebrated admiral pursued the French across the Mediterranean, attempting to thwart General Bonaparte’s mission to Egypt. The pursuit culminated in what was arguably the most strategically important naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars

Helen always planned to write, and a writing competition finally got her started – in 2019, she won the Women’s Prize/Grazia Magazine First Chapter competition. She has recently completed an MA in Cre

Trevor Hogg dodges aliens and ghosts to uncover the calculated and colourful madness of a bizarre anime adaptation