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10.03.2026 11:26
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Operation Boot, Britain, and Regime Change in Iran
Itβs an βopen secretβ that the CIA and MI6 helped topple the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.
Why canβt the British government come clean about its interference in #Iran?
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10.03.2026 10:06
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Lise Meitnerβs Nuclear Vision
During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?
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10.03.2026 10:06
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The Starving Time in Jamestown
Colonists had contrasting views on the #Jamestown famine. How severe was it really?
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10.03.2026 09:18
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Gabriele DβAnnunzioβs Fiume Escapade
Fiume was formally annexed to Italy #OnThisDay in 1924.
Gabriele D'Annunzioβs conquest of the Adriatic city ushered in a new era of showman politics across Europe.
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09.03.2026 13:18
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09.03.2026 11:09
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Edward Lee: Erasmusβ English Foe
After arriving on the Continent, Edward Lee was caught in a bitter dispute with #renaissance Europeβs leading intellectual. He became despised, and was ridiculed in print.
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09.03.2026 11:09
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In this weekβs Miscellanies: #StPatricksDay is a global celebration of Irish culture, but in the US its parades have always been political.
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09.03.2026 10:09
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09.03.2026 09:48
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Iran: Britainβs Cold War Crucible
During the #SecondWorldWar, Britain and the Soviet Union worked together in oil-rich #Iran. Cooperation was to degenerate into suspicion at the dawn of the Cold War.
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09.03.2026 09:48
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End of the Pastry War
Mexicoβs disgraced saviour General Antonio LΓ³pez de Santa Anna completed his comeback #OnThisDay in 1839 as the Pastry War came to a close.
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09.03.2026 09:24
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βMexico: A Historyβ and βA Brief History of Violence in Mexicoβ review
Mexico: A History by Paul Gillingham and A Brief History of Violence in Mexico by Pablo Piccato start from different places, but the neighbour to the north proves to be an inescapable destination.
βοΈ Mark Lawrence reviews two recent #history books
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09.03.2026 09:08
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Tutankhamun: The Black King?
#Tutankhamenβs tomb was opened #OnThisDay in 1924.
The discovery reopened arguments about the presumed race of the ancient Egyptians.
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06.03.2026 15:15
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06.03.2026 09:43
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The Trials of Joan of Arc
In 1431 #JoanofArc was put to death; in 1456 she was found not guilty. What can the records from these two courts tell us about Joan herself?
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06.03.2026 09:43
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06.03.2026 08:58
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Oswald Mosley, Antisemite
#OswaldMosley attempted to portray himself as a reluctant antisemite. Such a reading is wrong. Hatred of Jews was at the very core of the would-be dictatorβs ideology.
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06.03.2026 08:58
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The East India Company declared war on Burma #OnThisDay in 1824, the opening salvo in a series of conflicts that would see one empire fall, another expand and leave divisive wounds still felt today.
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05.03.2026 14:21
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05.03.2026 10:04
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The introduction of bread rationing by the postwar Labour government threatened a centuries-old tradition and, with it, the national understanding of what England was.
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05.03.2026 10:04
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Alfred the Greatβs Indian Embassy
How likely is it that Alfred the Great sent two emissaries to India in the ninth century?
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05.03.2026 09:48
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Making a Massacre on Ambon Island
A Dutch conspiracy trial at #AmbonIsland in the Indonesian archipelago gave birth to a sadly enduring English word: massacre.
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04.03.2026 16:43
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Edward Lee: Erasmusβ English Foe
Shortly after Edward Lee arrived in Europe he found himself embroiled in a bitter dispute with one of the eraβs most famous intellectuals: #Erasmus. He was soon reviled across the Continent.
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04.03.2026 16:43
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Operation Boot, Britain, and Regime Change in Iran
Itβs an βopen secretβ that the CIA and MI6 helped topple the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh. Why canβt the British government come clean about its interference in #Iran?
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04.03.2026 15:31
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Lise Meitnerβs Nuclear Vision
During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?
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04.03.2026 12:01
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Operation Boot, Britain, and Regime Change in Iran
Itβs an βopen secretβ that the CIA and MI6 helped topple the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh. Why canβt the British government come clean about its interference in #Iran?
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04.03.2026 11:16
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Lise Meitnerβs Nuclear Vision
During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?
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04.03.2026 09:13
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