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Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Independent UK

Forgotten royal home that is 'haunted' by prince accused of being Jack the Ripper

York Cottage is a royal home located on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk and was a favourite of the late Queen's grandfather - but if ghostly stories are to be believed, the house is not vacant

Daily Mirror

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Radio 4 to broadcast long-lost episode of Hancock’s Half Hour featuring Peter Sellers

‘The Marriage Bureau’ has not been heard since 1955

The Independent UK

Jean-Luc Godard dead: Director who inspired Quentin Tarantino dies at 91

The French-Swiss director was famous for his New Wave movies, including Breathless, My Life to Live and Contempt

Daily Mirror

Wounded souls: 75 years after India's Partition, survivors' trauma has still not been recognized

In his poignant, much-acclaimed short story “Toba Tek Singh,” Pakistani playwright Saadat Hasan Manto describes the plight of Bishan Singh, an inmate of the asylum in Lahore. In the story, set in a post-Partition era, the governments of India and Pakistan decide to exchange inmates: the Muslims among them are…

The Conversation

We praise people as ‘Good Samaritans,’ but there’s a complex history behind the phrase

“Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit others, even if a total stranger.

The Conversation

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Notting Hill Carnival: Stunning archive pictures show Europe’s biggest street party through the years

As Notting Hill Carnival rolls into town for another year, stunning archive pictures have been unearthed which show Europe's biggest street party through the years.

Evening Standard

Prehistoric Bronze Age Daggers Were Not Used As Weapons, Research Finds

Newcastle University scientists in northern England developed a new technique to study organic material on the blades.

Zenger

Best black and white movies including Some Like It Hot and The One That Got Away

Paul Routledge picks his favourite black and white movies after a poll found that younger people are now falling for famous movies such as Casablanca and Brief Encounter

Daily Mirror

How visionary Terry Neill left his mark on Arsenal with parallels to the Gunners of today

For a generation of Arsenal fans, the 1979 FA Cup Final stands as the defining match in their formative football experience, perhaps for some even their childhood outright.

Evening Standard

Rarely-seen photos of key Black history moments made free for first time

For many Black content creators, historians and activists, access to archival images has always been inaccessible due to costly expenses attached to the material

The Independent UK

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