Court in procession, c1930

Judges descend on the Palace of Westminster for the start of the legal year

String of pearlies, 1919

The Pearly Kings and Queens of East London go on parade

Things we learned this month

Charles Dickens letters acquired by museum, droughts reveal historic sites, and more

This month in: 1974

Murder suspect Lord Lucan disappears

WATERSTONES

The mystery of the vanishing widow

Columnist Dr Nell Darby investigates the mystery of a vanishing Kent widow

In a nutshell: The Black Book of Soviet Jewry

The harrowing history behind the document that laid bare the horrors of the Holocaust

Spotlight on: Eleanor Roosevelt

Inside the life of the human rights activist and ‘first lady of the world’

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Samuel Pepys

Lions, cheese and personal vendettas: what we can learn about the man from his famous diary

Black British history: introduction and contents

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