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Secret army of women who broke Nazi codes get belated recognition
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDuring World War II, dozens of women students at Cambridge University worked around the clock in...
Pioneering botanist remembered with new PhD prize
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA pioneering botanist who spent much of her career working from a laboratory she set up in her home has been recognised with a new annual PhD prize....
Best hotels in Cambridge for historical charm and luxury spas
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoFrom Nobel Prize winners to heads of state, many have passed through the historic university city....
Diane Abbott: the left-wing rebel who was part of the ‘awkward squad’
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoFor more than 40 years, Diane Abbott has been a totemic figure on the Labour left – and a thorn in...
AS Byatt, ingenious and cerebral novelist who won the Booker Prize for Possession – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDame Antonia Byatt, the novelist AS Byatt, who has died aged 87, was once described as the most...
Voices: Just like Miriam Margolyes, Jeremy Hunt is going to do what he wants
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI don’t think I can recall any broadcast appearance with Ms Margolyes in the last decade in which...
Jealous and tuneless? History’s not been kind to Stanford – but his Songs of the Sea are a real...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis year is the centenary of the death of Charles Villiers Stanford, a composer who still divides...
Nero’s Bridge Suddenly Appears, Reminding Us Some Thought He Never Died
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStefano Montesi - Corbis/GettyThis month, as a direct result of the heat wave and water shortages...
Voices: I grew old alongside the Queen
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI shadowed the Queen all my life. I was seven years behind her, with nothing in common but that of being a woman going through the different human ages....
Woman who was key wartime code-breaker commemorated with blue plaque
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoA code-breaker who played a key part in decrypting German messages during the Second World War will...
