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According to Japanese mythology, the thrashing of a giant subterranean catfish causes the earthquakes that wreak havoc on the ...

The outlook was no better on the international stage. No sooner had Maria Theresa assumed the throne than Frederick the Great ...

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In 1939, when the Barbara Hepworth moved to Cornwall, she was already aware of comparisons being made between her sculptures and stone megaliths. Did living in St Ives, close to ancient sites, change ...

If the old adage ‘write what you know’ is applied to Austen’s writing, then she should have had one of the happiest marriages in the history of matrimony. But here lies the paradox. One of the supreme ...

In BBC drama Miss Austen, Jane's sister Cassandra is on a mission to destroy a cache of letters following the 41-year-old ...

In the interwar years, the United States prepared for all kinds of future conflicts, including against its allies. Jonny ...