It’s a decade this week since the biggest ever haul of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver was found on land near Hammerwich in Staffordshire. The world famous Staffordshire Hoard was laid out in its entirety for the first time in March 2014, and BBC History Magazine’s then features editor Charlotte Hodgman travelled to Birmingham to see
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Since terrorism evolved in the 19th century, professed political and religious groups have targeted global locations from Nepal to New York, Paris to Peru and, recently, Manchester, Melbourne, Tehran and London. But have such tactics ever met their objectives? Seven historians assess the aims and aftermaths of terrorist campaigns. Rosemary
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- July 15, 2019
From wars in ancient Rome and medieval crusades to al Qaeda and ISIS, examples of extremist behaviour can be found almost as far back as our written histories extend. Here, expert JM Berger charts the history of extremism, and asks whether it’s right to think the problem is today worse
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- July 15, 2019
Novak Djokovic saved two championship points in Wimbledon’s longest singles final to retain his title in a thrilling win over Roger Federer. On a Centre Court, with an atmosphere that felt at times more akin to football than tennis, Djokovic won 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 13-12 (7-3). As
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- July 15, 2019
The sun was out when England won the World Cup. It had emerged, at last, from behind the freckles of white cloud and was shining low through the bright blue sky over the Grand Stand. The shadows stretched all the way to the wicket, the flags licked in the evening
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- July 15, 2019
SUPPORTERS of closer integration between EU member states are celebrating the controversial nomination for European Commission President of Ursula von der Leyn. The German defence minister once declared she wanted her grandchildren to grow up in a federal Europe and has made no secret of her hopes to see the
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- July 8, 2019
Greece’s new centre-right prime minister has vowed the country will “proudly raise its head again”. After New Democracy’s landslide victory on Sunday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he would not fail to “honour the hopes” of the Greek people. The win comes four years after Alexis Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party swept to
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- July 8, 2019
Former Brexit department chief says leaving EU without a deal is not in UK’s interest The public should be worried about a no-deal Brexit, the former top civil servant at the Department for Exiting the European Union has said. In his first interview since retiring three months ago, Philip Rycroft, the former
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- July 8, 2019
Waiting lists for routine surgery have risen by up to 50% in England because senior doctors say they cannot afford to work extra shifts. Consultants have begun refusing to work beyond their planned hours after receiving unexpected tax bills, following new pension rules in 2016. NHS hospitals said delays are
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- July 8, 2019
The FBI is investigating a leak of more than 1,000 pages of highly sensitive classified documents from a critical American air and space intelligence unit, Forbes has learned. The files were taken home by a contractor at the U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) based out of Ohio’s
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