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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

Many birds have fabulous plumage to attract mates or send warning messages. Some of the colours in their feathers are produced by microscopic structures on the feather surface that absorb and reflect

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

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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

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