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A century ago, a new expanded census was evidence of a government's thirst for knowledge in their efforts to help a population stricken by poverty, bad nutrition and high infant mortality.
almost 15 years ago
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A council-run graveyard is trying to stop the spread of wind chimes and plastic windmills. But should you have the right to put whatever you want on your loved one's resting place?
almost 15 years ago
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A new guide is aimed at parents who want to take their toddler and babies to restaurants, but why is there such anxiety about little ones being in the same space as childless adults?
almost 15 years ago
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Plaques have been taken down, buildings renamed, two charities closed. So can you erase all trace of a reviled person?
about 13 years ago
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For a long time there has been Black History Month, but now similar efforts are being made for people with disabilities. So who are the disabled figures in history that we should know more about?
about 13 years ago
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It’s 30 years since Blackadder was first broadcast. How close is Rowan Atkinson’s historical sitcom to the events which it satirises?
over 12 years ago
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The new prince has been named George Alexander Louis, and will be known as Prince George of Cambridge. So what’s the significance of the three names?
over 12 years ago
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The race to build a computer which can beat humans at chess, is about more than just being good at games.
about 12 years ago
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The dimpled pint glass or jug nearly disappeared from pubs a decade ago. Now this symbol of the British pub is back.
over 11 years ago
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A number of recent books have lauded the connection between walking and thinking. But are people losing their love of the purposeless walk?
over 11 years ago
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Activists are campaigning for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed from an Oxford college. It’s part of a wider movement.
about 10 years ago