Q&A

Quick Query

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When did the English alphabet first exist, and why are there 26 letters in the order we know them today?

Second World War

Hitler’s bloody swastika

Quick Query

Second World War

The fate of the Graf Spee

The lesser-spotted postbox

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When was the first mosque in Britain built?

Q&A What is the origin of the phrase ‘going postal’, meaning ‘going berserk’?

Second World War

Were there networks in the UK to return German pilots to the Reich?

The medieval castle in the English county of Kent

The King and his castle: how Henry II rebuilt his reputation