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The world's longest railway was completed on 21 July 1904.

Alexander Wilkinson considers what the French made of the controversial royal who played a pivotal role in the French wars of religion, both as Queen of Scots and Queen of France.

Robert Hume investigates the first major railway disaster in Britain, which took the lives of over thirty people in a collision in North Wales.

The Republican Party was founded on July 6th, 1854.

Paul Cartledge goes in search of the elusive personality of the world’s greatest hero.

The Scottish king fought Malcolm Canmore on 27 July 1054.

B.J. Copeland and Diane Proudfoot recall the contribution to the war effort in 1939-45 of the British computer scientist.

Robert Knecht visits two of France’s most remarkable châteaux, which stand as monuments to the ambitions of their upwardly mobile creators Thomas Bohier and Nicolas Fouquet.

Gerard DeGroot investigates the effects of the ‘peace dividend’ on the Nevada desert.