This week's update features extraordinary objects from the Battle of Waterloo, shrinking swimsuits and cyber archaeology.
* The Battle of Waterloo, and not a single reporter in sight ...
* Twenty-five extraordinary objects from the Battle of Waterloo.
* The tourists who rode tanks up the Alps as part of a secret First World War mission.
* The top ten facts you didn't know about the First World War.
* The best looks from Mad Men’s entire run.
* How male and female bathing suits got smaller and smaller ...
* A British shipwreck off Uruguay coast could hold treasure worth millions. Salvage of Lord Clive, sunk by Spanish guns in the River Plate in 1763, is due to begin in the next few months.
* A study has shown that in contemporary hunter-gatherer tribes men and women tend to hold equal standing and influence, suggesting that sexual equality was the norm for humans throughout most of our evolutionary history.
* The best thing the Romans did for Britain was leave, according to one historian, but do you agree?
* Following in the footsteps of Edgar Wallace, the creator of King Kong, across southern Africa ...
* 'Cyber-archaeology' salvages lost Iraqi art.
* Breakfast at Audrey's: the Hepburn family photo album unlocked.
* A look at brain surgery's earliest patients.
* Seven horrifying workplace injuries that will make you glad that you're not Victorian. (WARNING: not for the faint-hearted)
* Ten of the best museums in Europe that you’ve probably never heard of ...
* Does the 'true face of Shakespeare' appear in this botany book?
* 1922: the year that changed everything in literature ...
* How well do you know these Roald Dahl characters?
* The gender gap has widened once again for children reading for pleasure.
* Twenty-one books from the last five years that every woman should read.
* In a mother’s library, bound in spirit and in print.
* What's the most beautiful paragraph or sentence you've ever read?
* Minimalist graphic design posters depicting obscure, underused and complex words.
* Stunning Disney character transformations, from concept art to final frame.