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Spanish fly, holy bread and mashed worms: history’s weirdest aphrodisiacs and love potions
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The afterlife of Charles Manson
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Does history show that age affects US presidents’ performance? Plus, how old is too old?
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A brief history of the US Democratic Party
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The curious case of Lord Lucan + 10 other mysterious disappearances from history
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Martha Lane Fox chooses Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000)
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Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?
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Tension in the Middle East and populist presidents: what the world was like 100 years ago
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Puritans and the
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What would you have done? 6 terrible choices people had to make during the Second World War
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Wet vs Dry: how prohibition fractured America
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The vilification of Wallis Simpson: how Edward VIII’s mistress was savaged by society
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From Allies to enemies
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“Fresh and full of soul”: the history of Louisa May Alcott’s
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Opinion: is Iran a nation at war with itself?
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