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An Indian soldier keeps watch in a British trench, c1916

The British empire in 1923: the story of the imperial project’s territorial height

The striking, surrealism-influenced Radio Times cover shows the transmitter mast at Alexandra Palace

Radio Times at 100: a “vivid running commentary” on a century of British life

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“The Roman empire cannot have been governed by a series of psychopaths. It would not have survived” Mary Beard on Roman Emperors

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How the real Dick Whittington lives up to his pantomime

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My history hero Dame Rachel de Souza chooses Ignatius of Loyola

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The rise of the poison pen: 6 cases of anonymous hate mail in Britain

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