HISTORY

Interrail: The Trans Europe Express

It’s 1972, you are in your late teens, and you see a poster at your local railway station which promises…

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50 Years of Cyprus Divided

Though only eight at the time, Graeme Stanford vividly recalls his experience during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July…

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National Spirit and the 1900 Olympics

This year’s Paris Olympics are the third to be held in the city – where the decision was made in…

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A Brief History of English Numeracy

The English medical practitioner John Bulwer wrote a treatise in 1644 that argued humans were natural ‘Arithmeticians’, capable of both…

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The Mystery of Thomas More’s Birthplace

Walking through London’s Cheapside is a journey through history. From the Old English ceapan, meaning ‘to buy’ (and nothing to…

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