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The St Patrick’s Day myths and legends busted
In Depth Drinking and parades may now be holiday staples, but neither tradition hails from old Ireland
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How is St Patrick’s Day celebrated?
In Depth Raise a pint on 17 March to the annual Irish festival
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How was Nato’s phonetic alphabet chosen?
In Depth The full story from Alpha to Zulu
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Jewish businessman identified as ‘prime suspect’ in Anne Frank betrayal
feature Documentary alleges Arnold van den Bergh gave up diarist and her family to Nazis
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Medieval warhorses ‘no bigger than modern ponies’
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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What the 1921 census reveals about life in England and Wales
Why Everyone’s Talking About The details of 38 million people in 8.5 million households from a century ago are now available online
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Did Oliver Cromwell actually cancel Christmas?
In Depth Secret celebrations were known to have continued despite 17th-century laws against festivities
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What happened at Aberfan?
In Depth Survivors say medical tests following the coal waste disaster were akin to ‘torture’
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How did World War One end?
In Depth Duchess of Cornwall marks Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey
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What do the different coloured poppies symbolise?
In Depth Volunteers are distributing millions of poppies in the run up to Remembrance Day
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The National Trust: a cultural battleground
feature Critics believe it has become too ‘woke’ and a rebel alliance has been formed
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How Black History Month began
In Depth Annual celebration dates back almost 100 years
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Spain criminalises support for Franco in bid to heal divisions
In Depth New legislation includes fines of up to €150,000 for ‘glorifying’ the dictator and Spanish Civil War
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A Cold War tragedy: the execution of the Rosenbergs
In Depth Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed as Soviet spies in 1953, but was Ethel innocent?
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