Miscellany

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HISTORY’S GREATEST CONUNDRUMS AND MYSTERIES SOLVED

COMPILED BY JONNY WILKES AND DANNY BIR

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“One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb,” goes the old proverb. The meaning is simple: if you are going to be punished for a small crime, you may as well commit the bigger one. In the early

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The rightful king

I enjoyed reading the interesting article by Caitlin Ellis on the rivals for the throne in 1066 (October). In particular, it was fascinating to read about Edgar Ætheling’s claim, which was surely the

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Q&a the big questions answered

Britain is one of the last constitutional monarchies in the world, and the king or queen still plays a ceremonial role in the governance of the state. When Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022, she was bur

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Fortean tv revisited uncut

Now it feels like we’re getting to the main event. We have thoroughly enjoyed our run through the second series of Fortean TV, but perhaps we were getting a tad too comfortable, what with the jingly m

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Attila

Uncover the all-conquering Hun king whose nomadic horde terrorised Rome

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He came, he saw… he crucified pirates

The most celebrated of all ancient Romans almost met a watery end before he’d made his big splash in the vast ocean of history. In 75 BC, Julius Caesar – then in his mid-20s and yet to establish himse

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Attila

Uncover the all-conquering Hun king whose nomadic horde terrorised Rome

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