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A women with a shocked face next to a calendar with the date of Friday the 13th

Q&AWhy is Friday 13th unlucky?

The Enola Gay aircraft, which dropped the first atomic bomb of the Second World War on Hiroshima.

Second World War

Was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US in WW2 justified?

Two boys dressed in thick coats and hats rummage through the ground for potatoes

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "Social taboos are violated: a parent must decide which child to feed".

From excess soil to resurrection: the many ways Egyptians used wine.

Michael Wood on amazing insights into medieval daily life.

A timeless love story? Abélard and Héloïse’s passionate affair.

Scotland's season of the witch.

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