1066: Who was the rightful king?

Caitlin Ellis sizes up the four main contenders to succeed Edward the Confessor to the English throne

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Hitler’s African nightmare

Saul David explains why the Axis’s,defeat in Tunisia in 1943 was similar in scale to the debacle of Stalingrad

Alien adventurer

David Clarke profiles Gray Barker, the UFO obsessive who introduced the world to the Men in Black

Rome vs Carthage

Eve MacDonald explores ancient Rome’s enduring obsession with its great Mediterranean rival

Tudor succession scandal

Tracy Borman explains how a new discovery should make us reconsider James VI’s path to the English throne

The Assassins’ reign of terror

Steve Tibble unmasks the shadowy sect of killers who spread fear across the Middle East in the 12th century

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