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This week's update features the trench coat's forgotten First World War origins, the oldest known work of art and literary Halloween costume ideas.
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* The trench coat's forgotten First World War origins.
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* The stunning transformation of the 'Tower Poppies' by night ...
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* How was the Ancient Greeks view of death different from our own?
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* A music chamber has been found in the ancient city of Isos and it is thought that the chamber, which dates back to the Roman era, was once used for treatment.
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* The four surviving copies of the original Magna Carta from 1215 will come together for the first time in history next February as part of a one-off event to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the historic document.
* Why are there so many Magna Cartas?
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* The 1920 British air bombing campaign in Iraq.
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* When Adolf Hitler took cocaine ...
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* Matilda: A queen in a king’s world.
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* City maps reimagined in the style of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
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* Guilty or not guilty: why did Anne Boleyn have to die?
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* A silent Sherlock Holmes film made in 1916 and featuring the only screen performance by William Gillette has been found in the French film archive.
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* Delving deep in to the Gothic ...
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* Why was the Cranford author Elizabeth Gaskell considered so 'fearful'?
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* Which titles made censors hot under the collar?
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* Have we fallen out of love with e-readers?
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* Can you read a novel in three hours?
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* J.K. Rowling tweet riddle solved.
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* French author Patrick Modiano has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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* Ten tips for being a best-selling author.
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* Books’ best bakes: cakes in fiction from Dickens to George R.R. Martin.
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* Seventeen literary Halloween costumes to be inspired by this October.
Which history and publishing stories have you enjoyed reading this week?