The Friday Digest 27/02/15

This week's update features Harry Potter cocktails, nineteenth-century medical fraudsters and the rise and fall of Diana Mitford.

* Six reasons why France should salute the Iron Duke.

* Hitler's Mein Kampf is to be republished in Germany for the first time since the Second World War. 

* The rise and fall of Diana Mitford. 

* The BBC plans to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day and honour the 'Greatest Generation'. 

* Lady Margaret Douglas: the other Tudor princess  ...  

* The truth about the Wolf Hall codpieces: an interview with costume designer Joanna Eatwell. 

* Ten of the most surprising numbers in history. 

* My favourite place: Sean McGlynn. 

* Are these the best Oscars dresses ever?  

* The rarity that inspired Charlotte Brontë – and her pseudonym ... 

* An interview with author Laura Quigley. 

* The nineteenth-century medical fraudsters who got caught out. 

* The lost Sherlock Holmes story discovered in an attic. 

* Reviewing The Killing of Olga Klimt by R.T. Raichev. 

* Books as you’ve never seen them before ...

* These are the best novels of the past twenty years, according to the experts, but do you agree? 

* The end of celluloid might be near, but this devoted cinephile keeps the old movie magic alive in his east London shop. 

* Why writing doesn't have to be a lonely struggle. 

* The imprint of meaningful things. 

* Women in publishing: achievements and challenges.

* Eight magical Harry Potter cocktails to try this weekend ...