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The Antikythera Mechanism is ingenious, intricate and highly sophisticated. But what is it?

Access to land was once a common right; we have lost more than just the freedom to roam.

Nobody owns the past, but many have sought to use it to their own ends. The use, and abuse, of ancient history has been ever-present.

The industry, enlightenment, history and soft-power of Birmingham.

John F. Kennedy idolised Winston Churchill, but his efforts to host his hero proved abortive.

Winter has always been a time of heightened anxiety, but it may be easier to bear when we face it together.

The city surrendered to Afonso I of Portugal and a group of crusaders on 25 October 1147.

As the accession of Edward VII shows, a new British monarch must represent the nation’s values – whatever that nation and those values are.