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Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

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OUR three-year-old grandson, Aidan, has a flair for the dramatic. From somewhere, no-one knows where, he’s picked up the phrase, “Or I die!” He says things like, “I need an ice-lolly or I die!”, and “

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Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight