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Society, Politics & Law
Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
The CIA has cooled its ardour for Homeland, the spy series currently in its fifth season on Channel 4. But really, the guys at Langley couldn't ask for better cheerleaders, says Simon Willmetts
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History & The Arts
Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
As a tribute to the historian Lisa Jardine, who died on October 25th, we're republishing her essay on the shady history of 17th Century timekeeping.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?
A panel of academic experts make the bold task of looking forward to 2045. Unless you're reading this after then, in which case this is a retrospective.
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History & The Arts
The author at home
Why do people visit museums of writers' homes? Discover the secret life of authors in this short video.
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History & The Arts
Swallows and Amazons
Find out about the real children and the books behind Swallows and Amazons.
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History & The Arts
Cider with Rosie
Discover Laurie Lee’s glamorous London life and explore the village he made famous.
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History & The Arts
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Learn about the deadly war for readers in Georgian London and write your own confessions.
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History & The Arts
The Mill on the Floss
Uncover the real places behind The Mill on the Floss and read the titles Eliot rejected.
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Society, Politics & Law
What is The Wilson Doctrine? The one minute guide
A very, very quick guide to the Wilson Doctrine.
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History & The Arts
National Poetry Day
Get your quills at the ready and your thesaurus on standby for this collection of content exploring the magical world of poetry on National Poetry Day.
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History & The Arts
Contemporary accounts of the 19th Century
Drawn from a range of sources - including diaries, newspaper reports, biography and more - a range of voices from the 19th Century.
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History & The Arts
Meetings with a polite Opium Eater: Charles Knight on Thomas De Quincey
The publisher Charles Knight recorded his meetings with Thomas De Quincey in his autobiography, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century. He tells of a shy, but smart, man.