{"id":31794,"date":"2024-01-02T08:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T07:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=255039"},"modified":"2024-01-02T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:11:36","slug":"history-behind-the-headlines-elections-panda-diplomacy-and-the-word-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/history-behind-the-headlines-elections-panda-diplomacy-and-the-word-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"History Behind the Headlines: Elections, \u2018panda diplomacy\u2019 and the word of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The latest instalment of our monthly sees Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter look back at the history behind the big stories of 2023 \u2013 and what they might tell us about the year to come <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Good\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 02 January 2024 at 07:20 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Our monthly series exploring how the past informs today\u2019s world returns with a special episode catching up on some of 2023\u2019s biggest stories, and considering how they might shape the events of 2024. 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