Life of the week: the Duke of Wellington

Life of the week: the Duke of Wellington

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New Year's Eve, newts and Nessie: a history of British folklore

Why should you be careful about who's first through your door on New Year's Day? What led people to believe that newts and earwigs were responsible for their ailments? And why do sticks play such a key part in children's imaginations? Ceri Houlbrook and Owen Davies, co-authors of ...  Show more

Augustus: life of the week

‘Evil genius’ is a phrase that could have been invented to describe Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. Augustus butchered his way to power in the chaos that followed Julius Caesar's assassination, and then showed the political cunning to remain there for four decades. In conver ...  Show more

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