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History & The Arts
Sartre & de Beauvoir, Guevara & Castro: When the existentialists met the revolutionaries
The French writers and the Cuban revolutionaries spent some time together in 1960
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History & The Arts
How did Fidel Castro shape Cuba's history?
Cuba expert Mervyn Bain reflects on a one man's large influence on a small nation
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Languages
Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs
How the imperial Habsburgs were ceremoniously buried in the Capuchine crypt.
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Languages
Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Read the stories of some of Vienna’s people who are commemorated in place names around the city.
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History & The Arts
Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
After Leonard Cohen's death, Richard Danson Brown explores the way the songwriter specialised in conveying difficulties in father-son relationships through his songs, including 'Hallelujah'.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
I Spy: Episode 5
Episode five of the five-part online infidelity drama I-SPY: Finding out about Oliver’s plans Rhianna rushes to the hotel where she thinks Oliver will meet Minnie.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
I-Spy: Episode 4
Episode four of the five-part online infidelity drama I-SPY: Oliver believes Rhianna has ‘crossed the line’ and sets up a meeting with Minnie.
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History & The Arts
Researching Nirvana: Whatever, Nevermind
Nirvana's album Nevermind - and the subsequent suicide of Kurt Cobain - has turned a grunge statement into a cash machine. Can research tell us how?
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Money & Business
Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements
How can you get a bit of glamour help your sales?
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History & The Arts
Neil Gaiman on his inspirations as a fantasy author
Author, Neil Gaiman, discusses how P.L. Travers (author of Mary Poppins) and Enid Blyton were both a catalyst for his love of fantasy fiction.
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History & The Arts
Dame Stella Rimington on John le Carré
British author and former Director General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, tells us why she thinks John le Carré is the master of the spy novel in Cold War times and draws on her own experience.
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History & The Arts
Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
In South Asia, delight. In Japan, dismay. Two writers explore how Asia reacted to Bob Dylan's Nobel prize.