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There’s plenty to criticise about that ancient approach We wouldn’t recognise the system practised in ancient Athens as democracy in the sense we understand it today. Women did not have the vote, and

This moment is surely imbued with the most global symbolism. It was when, according to the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, adventurers sailed across the north Atlantic from settlements on the west coast of

Last year, for the first time, more than ...

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QWhat’s the longest stretch of straight road in the world? A You have to head to Saudi Arabia to find that. The straight stretch of Highway 10 is 240 km in length, and has an estimated drive time of a