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Out and about in August

[1st August 2011]

Find out what's going on around the UK in August with our events and exhibitions page

How immigration saved a British institution

[28th July 2011]

Chris Bowlby looks at the impact of immigration on Britain's health service

Bletchley Park codebreakers honoured

[15th July 2011]

We bring you a selection of features, new stories and podcasts on the codebreakers at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire

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Spain’s very international civil war

[15th July 2011]

Spain’s army rose up against its left-wing Republican government in July 1936. The civil war that ensued is often viewed as a precursor to the Second World War for the way it sucked in the wider international community. In July 2006, best-selling military historian Antony Beevor talked to David Musgrove about the conflict

Out and about this weekend

[8th July 2011]

Your guide to what's on around Britain this weekend

Politicians should resist the urge to invoke the wartime spirit

[6th July 2011]

Chris Bowlby discusses the use of wartime comparisons by today's leaders

The Somme: a terrible learning curve

[1st July 2011]

Ninety five years on from the First World War battle where many thousands of soldiers died, Gary Sheffield, professor of war studies at the University of Birmingham, explains what British generals learnt from the bloodbath

Out and about in July

[1st July 2011]

Find out what's going on around the UK in July with our events and exhibitions page

Fred Perry: the icon and the outcast

[20th June 2011]

As strawberries and cream are served up on the first day of Wimbledon 2011, Kevin Jefferys reviews the career of the man who triumphed in 1936, Fred Perry

Prehistoric village people

[14th June 2011]

The Orkney Islands are a mecca for prehistoric enthusiasts. Dave Musgrove went in search of the Neolithic people whose villages, burial places and enigmatic ritual structures still survive to this day

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