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An Honourable Man

An Honourable Man

It is 1884. In Khartoum, General Gordon stands on the roof of his fortress as the city is besieged. He ...

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Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer

Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer

In 1953, Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In fact, Churchill was a professional writer before he was ...

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Jack Holmes and His Friend

Jack Holmes and His Friend

Many straight men and gay men are best friends, but if the phenomenon is an urban commonplace it has never ...

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Luck: What It Means and Why It Matters

Luck: What It Means and Why It Matters

For aspiring cricketer Ed Smith, luck was for other people. Like his childhood hero, Geoff Boycott, the tough, flinty Yorkshireman, ...

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Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another 10 ...

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Small Wars, Far Away Places: The Genesis of the Modern World, 1945-65

Small Wars, Far Away Places: The Genesis of the Modern World, 1945-65

The collapse of Western colonial empires after the Second World War led to any number of vicious struggles for power ...

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