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Bloody queens and hairdresser kings: Lucy Worsley rethinks Britain's monarchs

If Lucy Worsley has learned one thing in her 30 years as a historian, it’s that what we think we know about Britain’s kings and queens is often wrong. In today's Long Read, the historian, writer and broadcaster looks again at five royals whose reputations have been transformed – ...  Show more

Storm warnings: five weather moments that altered history

Recent film Pressure dramatises the attempts of meteorologists to predict the weather on D-Day – and in this Long Read written by Catherine Ross, we chart five moments when weather forecasts (or the lack of them) changed the course of history. Today's feature originally appeared ...  Show more

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