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In a photograph taken at Bishop's Stortford railway station in Hertfordshire, 1972, resettled Ugandan Asians wait for the train that will take them to their new home. (Photo by Alamy)

Fleeing Idi Amin: the long journey to a new life

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4 August

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3 August

Statue of William Wallace in Aberdeen

General History

Enemies of the state 10 high-profile treason cases

Saint Wilfrid

15 minutes of fame Marc Morris chooses Saint Wilfrid

A real and a virtual Tycho Brahe surveys the heavens next to his mural quadrant in the frontispiece to ‘Machines of the New Astronomy’. (Photo by DEA/G.DAGLI ORTI via Getty Images)

General History

A history of science in 10½ objects

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2 August

The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, on display at the British Museum

8 facts about the Elgin Marbles

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1 August

Jesus is shown cleansing ten lepers in a scene from the Gospel According to Luke, illustrated in an 11th-century manuscript

General History

Leprosy How has the disease been perceived and treated through history?

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31 July

David Attenborough with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, in a famous scene from 1979’s Life on Earth

BBC at 100 The rise of natural history television and David Attenborough

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30 July

Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893

General History

From Oscar Wilde to David Irving: 9 landmark libel & defamation cases through history

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29 July