Thursday, September 21, 2023

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Suffragist HQ honoured with London’s 1,000th blue plaque

The former headquarters of militant suffragists who chained themselves...

Newly discovered writ of William I unravels hidden details of Norman takeover

A writ of William the Conqueror lost for over...

DNA reveals origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans

They were enslaved in the final decades of the transatlantic slave trade and freed by sailors of Britain's West Africa Squadron, only to die on...

Tides, tours and treasure: a guide to Thames mudlarking

If you look down onto the foreshore of the...

Secrets of ancient Egyptian trade unlocked in lady’s burial balm

Balms used in the mummification of an ancient Egyptian...

Churches with hidden paintings, holy wells and a 20th-century love story saved

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, visited St Lawrence's,...

Greek Revival masterpiece saved and revived in £3.4m makeover

It is a masterpiece of Greek Revival architecture as...

Bald and dark like his mummy — DNA redraws picture of Iceman Ötzi

Since hikers stumbled on his remains in the Italian...

Shipboard diaries reveal raw emotions of Victorian girl migrants

Today we complain of "interminable" flight times from Britain...

Aerial images reveal 6,000 years of history in the South Downs

On a quiet day, you can walk on paths...

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