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National Archives files show Queen asked for late aunt’s will to be concealed – report
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoStaff at the National Archives reportedly redacted documents showing how the late Queen asked for...
The cult of tech could push us into a new Dark Age
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn 1086, the mechanisms of the Norman State achieved one of the most impressive feats of tabulation in history; a meticulous record of almost every inch...
Late Queen intervened to ensure minor royal’s will was suppressed
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Countess of Harewood, daughter of George V and an aunt of the Queen, died in 1965 leaving £5.6m...
Copy of Jack the Ripper ‘Saucy Jack’ postcard discovered after 136 years
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe collection of items in a police file of Inspector Joseph Henry Helson - Whitton & Laing/BNPS A...
Tony Blair backed return of Elgin Marbles to boost London’s Olympics bid, released papers reveal
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTony Blair responded enthusiastically to a proposal to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece in an...
Tony Blair wanted Vladimir Putin to be at international ‘top table’
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTony Blair argued that Vladimir Putin should be given a seat at the international “top table”...
Love letters written to French sailors confiscated by British 265 years ago finally opened
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLost letters written to French sailors in the 18th century have been opened for the first time, in a...
French letters confiscated by Britain’s Royal Navy are opened 265 years on
Press Association News via AOL· 7 months agoLetters confiscated by Britain’s Royal Navy before they reached French sailors during the Seven...
Mandela’s ‘unhelpful’ mediation over Lockerbie bombing
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoNelson Mandela’s attempts to act as an intermediary over the Lockerbie bombing led to friction with...
What should we do with the Dome? Move it to Swindon
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoAs Tony Blair’s Labour government grappled with what to do with the Millennium Dome, it was offered a surprise solution – move it to Swindon – according...
