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Actors recreate King Harold's 1066 march south after his victory at Stamford Bridge. Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

08/25/2020 - 1:04am

Who do the English think they are? For centuries, debate has raged about whether England's population is largely descended from German immigrants. Now, we have answers

The secrets of Scotland’s ancient capital Seven kings are buried among Dunfermline's litter-strewn ruins — a fact the nationalists could make more of

Monday

24.08

The generation betrayed by Boris The cohort of youngsters whose futures were crushed by lockdown may never forgive the Tories

Why is nature writing all about egos? The genre tends to focus on self-discovery rather than birds or beasts — which makes Tom Fort's work so refreshing

John Lewis-Stempel

How the nation learned to sport again During coronavirus, we've rediscovered the old meaning of outdoor — and indoor — recreation

Friday

21.08

Leon Trotsky’s disturbing afterlife Eighty years after he died, why does the murderous communist hero retain such allure?

Let the Spitting Image rubber rot Will the new version really dare to be more outrageous than the original?

The older workers condemned by Covid Thousands have been left unemployed by the pandemic. For over-50s, it could be a life sentence

The abolitionist who believed in bloodshed John Brown's legacy raises a tricky question: can an institution be so evil that violence against it is justified?

Thursday

20.08

Our reductive refugee debate Both Left and Right are trying to hijack the crisis in the Channel — which helps nobody

James Bloodworth

Futurists forget that we have bodies Plans for a post-city world of virtual interaction would rob us of our essential physicality

Can sex offenders change? A new documentary suggests there is little hope of rehabilitating all those men who behave like monsters