Reverend who had Conan Doyle on his side
Indians in Britain
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Top-secret files reveal colour, but not depth
Nikita Khrushchev - Lenin - Nikita Khrushchev and theCreation of a Superpower
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Golden oldie that would benefit from a little refinement
King Croesus' Gold
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When Oprah met Sappho
The Greeks
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Any final say in war of words?
The Remedy
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Size matters for Egyptian gods
The Keys to Egypt
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Ambivalent beginnings
The Ideological Originsof the British Empire
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Drifting into murderous morality
The Third Reich
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a satire of Hollywood life: " Around quitting time, Tod Hackett heard a great din on the road...
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Keys, codes and a cracking story
Enigma - The Emperor's Codes - Battle of Wits
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Web driver issues free ticket to ride
In the second of a series on intellectual property rights, Tim Berners-Lee tells Roisin Woolnough that the net must be a public space. When Tim Berners-Lee created the worldwide web, he compared its...
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A Firth who went forth to flourish in a foreign field
To celebrate anthropologist Sir Raymond Firth's 100th birthday, Peter Loizos looks at his career. Raymond Firth celebrated his 100th birthday on March 25. A pioneer in the establishment of British...
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Afghan intellect blossoms in exile
Despite a Taliban crackdown on secular education, Afghan intellectuals are fighting back, albeit by establishing a university in neighbouring Pakistan. Chris Bunting reports. Mohammad Akbar Kargar's...
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Latest international news
Russians accuse US student of spying A United States student, John Edward Tobin, who was detained in Voronezh two months ago for possession and sale of drugs, has been charged with espionage. Russian...