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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine

09 September, 2025

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BBC History Magazine

2025 books of the year

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

Country Life

The best books of the year

COUNTRY LIFE reviewers reveal the works that impressed and absorbed them in 2025

Homes & Antiques

The culture shapers: cosy crime

Oh, the joy of curling up on a winter’s afternoon to immerse oneself in a compelling crime novel or TV drama featuring victims and sleuths. The story will be set in a picturesque, seemingly safe place

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‘ Knives Out meets Thursday Murder Club ’

SFX

Tales of occult britain

These Spectred Isles

Tabletop Gaming

Death game

There’s been a glut of popular media featuring fight-to-the-death style scenarios in recent years. Alice in Borderland, The Hunger Games, Squid Game – stories of normal people being thrust into life-o