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Bertha von Suttner: A champion of peace

Bertha von Suttner’s path to becoming a leading 19th-century pacifist and the first woman to win...

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Joan of Arc: making a martyr

Born more than six hundred years ago, Joan of Arc is regarded as a French national heroine – a...

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Babylon, city of wonders

With its Hanging Gardens and huge walls, Babylon was celebrated as one of the Seven Wonders of...

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Aesop and the Fables

Aesop, with his tales of tortoises and hares, foxes and grapes, and wolves in sheep's clothing...

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Goethe: The story of colour

The German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe considered his monumental book known in English as...

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The California Gold Rush

From 1849, hundreds of thousands of prospectors from across the USA headed for California in the...

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Hazel Scott: Jazz star and barrier breaker

A child prodigy on the piano, then a glamorous jazz and popular music entertainer, a civil rights...

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The 1918 Spanish Flu: The mother of all pandemics

A century ago a deadly flu virus swept the planet, uniting the world in a disaster on a par with...

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Gerard Mercator: The man who revolutionised mapmaking

It’s the map of the world we all recognise today, but until Gerard Mercator came up with his...

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Gretta Cousins: champion of Irish and Indian women

How many people can lay claim to playing a key role in three different 20th century protest...

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Natsume Soseki: Japan’s great novelist

Natsume Soseki is one of the greatest writers in the history of Japan. The backdrop to his work...

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In search of the good life: Epicurus and his philosophy

The popular view of an Epicurean is that of somebody who focuses on pleasure as our guiding...

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Artemisia Gentileschi: The painter who took on the men

One of the most celebrated female painters of the 17th century, Artemisia Gentileschi was the...

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Guide dogs for the blind: a history

We are now familiar with dogs helping people with sight loss but where did the idea come from?...

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Oscar Niemeyer: Brazil's king of curves

Best known for his curvaceous buildings and his design of Brasilia, Oscar Niemeyer was one of...

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Haile Selassie: the last emperor of Ethiopia

Emperor Haile Selassie was the last in the line of Ethiopia’s ancient monarchy. During his long...

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Emilie du Chatelet: a free-spirited physicist

Emilie du Chatelet was esteemed in 18th-century France as a brilliant physicist, mathematician,...

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Man vs mosquito

Mosquitos are a fast-adapting, elusive enemy which humans have been trying to combat for...

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The magic of bronze

From Cellini's magnificent Perseus statue to the humblest of tools, people have been using bronze...

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Li Bai: The revered Chinese poet

A nomadic wanderer and free-spirited romantic, Li Bai ??, also known as Li Po, lived some 1300...

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