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Martin Fletcher
The state-sponsored murderers of Britain’s ‘dirty war’
Thu 16 Jul 2026
James Tapper
Meet the Bluestones: an ancient Stonehenge family revealed by very modern science
Sun 12 Jul 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Homer: enigmatic Greek poet on an odyssey to Hollywood
Sun 12 Jul 2026
Rupert Neate
The Jurassic perk of being super-rich: your very own dinosaur
Sun 12 Jul 2026
John Bew
The political thinkers who envisaged a better postwar world
Thu 25 Jun 2026
Seun Matiluko
Reclaiming the story of Africa
Wed 10 Jun 2026
William Boyd
Anthony Blunt, the spy who outwitted them all
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Rowan Williams
William Tyndale, the radical who rewrote the Bible
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Wendy Ide
Savage House is a grotesque satire of shameless social climbing
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Historic lost issues of actors directory are found with help from The Observer
Sun 31 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Lloyd’s acknowledges historic role in slave trade with new requiem mass
Sat 30 May 2026
Stephanie Merritt
Erica Wagner’s Wash is historical fiction at its most alive
Wed 27 May 2026
Gabriel Gatehouse
Did the CIA poison England’s chance of being 1970 World Cup champions?
Sun 24 May 2026
Susie Boniface
Nuclear test veterans hope for justice as secret files are released
Sun 24 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
How a love-starved childhood inspired David Lean, cinema’s great romantic
Sat 16 May 2026
The women who brought the Nazis to justice
Wed 13 May 2026
William Keegan
Keir Starmer’s losses summon return of the ‘gnomes of Zurich’
Sun 10 May 2026
My gorilla encounter left me overwhelmed with a feeling of extraordinary privilege
Sun 3 May 2026
Colin Kidd
How the General Strike changed Britain
Sat 2 May 2026
