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The Church may have been a patriarchal institution – but women still played a vital role
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What if… King Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated?
WHAT IF… King Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated? Historian and author Dr Susan Williams tells Jonny Wilkes about the possible outcomes had the lovestruck king married Wallis Simpson while keeping his place on the throne In 1934, King George V wrote: “After I’m dead, the boy will ruin himself in 12 months.” He was talking of […]
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Q&A: Are the Olmecs the oldest American civilisation?
Q&A: YOU ASK, WE ANSWER HISTORY’S GREATEST CONUNDRUMS AND MYSTERIES SOLVED SHORT ANSWER Not by about two millennia: the Norte Chico were the real ancients in the Americas LONG ANSWER The Olmecs certainly were the first major civilisation of Mesoamerica, emerging c1200 BC in the modernday Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco, and laying the […]