History
Mahatma Gandhi isn’t just a name in a history textbook or a solemn statue staring into the middle distance in some government garden. He…
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History
An Ancient Egyptian Surprise. Imagine poking around in the desert, hoping for a few scraps of history, and then—boom—you unearth a royal tomb that’s…
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Britain
If you want to understand Britishness in edible, giftable, tea-sippable form, you could do a lot worse than start with Fortnum & Mason. It’s…
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History
Yes, you read that right. There was a time — before centimetres, before metres, even before the metric system was a twinkle in Napoleon’s…
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History
The Habsburg Empire was a masterclass in dynasty-building, eccentric rule, and questionable decision-making. For centuries, it dominated European politics, thanks to a mix of…
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History
It began with a whisper of wind, a careless match, and a whole lot of dry trees. The Great Fire of 1910 in the…
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History
If you happen to emerge from Victoria Station and feel a strange pull that has nothing to do with your Oyster card balance, you…
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History
If you ever feel like your office meetings are chaotic, spare a thought for the first Geneva Convention in 1864. That was the birthplace…
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History
Once you find out that the Nobel Prize was born out of a misprint and a guilty conscience, it all makes a bit more…
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History
The pirates of America. The ultimate rebels of the high seas. They drank rum like water, fought like demons, and somehow managed to make…
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