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The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Why, in 1914, was Europe so fragile that a single shooting could tear it apart?
The Battle of Britain
In 1940, 3,000 airmen risked their lives to defend British shores from the Nazis.
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis is perhaps best known for his Chronicles of Narnia series.
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst peacetime economic shock of the twentieth century.
Ernest Hemingway
Sixty years after his death, Hemingway remains a symbol of modernism and masculinity.
Richard III
Shakespeare’s villain, Richard III, is immortalised as a monster, but is that fair?
The European Middle Ages, Part 2 of 2
How did the latter half of the Middle Ages lay the foundation for our modern world?
Hadrian’s Wall
Hadrian’s Wall was built to mark the extent of the Roman Empire in Britain.
The European Middle Ages, Part 1 of 2
The period known as the Middle Ages was defined by more than knights and warfare.
The Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright were determined to turn the dream of flight into reality.
