Richard III’s final mystery

Turi King reveals how science proved the identity of the king in the car park

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Firebrand abolitionist

Ryan Hanley tells the amazing story of the outspoken 19th-century activist Robert Wedderburn

Tudor ‘angels of death’

Blessin Adams explores the early modern fascination with women who committed violent crimes

What to do with the dead?

Tim Grady explains what the treatment of German and British dead following the two world wars reveals about the two nations’ ongoing relationship

Was Charles I a tyrant?

Jonathan Healey asks if the Stuart king deserves his poor reputation

Liquor, loot and death on the high seas

Sophie Nibbs shares five little-known facts about pirates

History’s first black superstar

Anna Maria Barry reveals how Josephine Baker used her fame to fight for France and civil rights

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