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Title | Date published | ||
The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus | 2020-01-07 | ||
German atrocities in Poland during WW2 | 2020-01-06 | ||
East Germany's punks | 2020-01-03 | ||
Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain | 2020-01-02 | ||
The book that predicted an end to civilisation | 2020-01-01 | ||
Negotiating an end to El Salvador's civil war | 2019-12-31 | ||
The Chippendales | 2019-12-30 | ||
Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign | 2019-12-27 | ||
Cirque du Soleil | 2019-12-26 | ||
The secret history of Monopoly | 2019-12-25 | ||
The invasion of Afghanistan | 2019-12-24 | ||
Fighting cancer | 2019-12-23 | ||
The creation of Abuja | 2019-12-20 | ||
Bee crisis: Colony Collapse Disorder | 2019-12-19 | ||
The Romanian revolution | 2019-12-18 | ||
Women and the Sabarimala temple | 2019-12-17 | ||
Black GIs during World War Two | 2019-12-16 | ||
The attack on India's parliament | 2019-12-13 | ||
The killing of Amadou Diallo | 2019-12-12 | ||
The IRA siege at Balcombe Street | 2019-12-10 |