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Claiming historical figures for the trans cause is even more sinister than you think
We risk erasing people who were homosexual, while allowing a radical movement to claim it has roots in the past
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The Hartwig Fischer debacle is a disaster for the British Museum
The director’s masterplan for the museum was due to be published soon, but is sure to be overshadowed by the investigation into the thefts
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How to steal priceless museum treasures – and get away with it
The spate of thefts from the British Museum are not as unique as you may think... here’s why heists are so common and where the loot goes
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Look to ancient Rome for baby names - they’ll be a blessing later
As Boris Johnson has found, the classical world is full of inspiring options. Though best tread carefully
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Can the Oxford Union survive cancel culture?
Bastion of free speech or stymied by modern woke culture? Britain’s most elite university society debates its future
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Why all Tudor women – not just Henry VIII’s wives – looked the same
Although Henry clearly had a ‘type’, the similarity of many of the portraits of the time shows how simply women were viewed by some artists
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History’s greatest whodunnit would be ruined if we solved it
The new theory about the Princes in the Tower leaves plenty for history buffs to dig their claws into
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Greece’s Elgin Marbles ‘swap’ would be a bad deal for Britain
An exchange of treasures mooted by the Greek government vastly underestimates the Marbles' place in British cultural history
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Welcome to Ibstock Place: the school that shaped new Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi
What are the secrets of this quiet south-west London school, whose prestigious alumni include Nigella Lawson and Mick Jagger's offspring?
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We should learn from the Romans to be less obsessed with academic careers
Look no further than the tomb of Eurysaces the Baker for evidence of how the ancients valued craftsmanship and versatility
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Last orders in Oxford: the death of the great literary drinking-den
The Lamb & Flag played host to Graham Greene and CS Lewis and inspired Thomas Hardy. Its closure is a loss to British cultural history
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Did a terrifying Roman ghost story inspire Charles Dickens to write A Christmas Carol?
The great Victorian author may have taken Marley and the three spirits from ideas in Classical writings
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