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We should take more notice of the work of those once despised and disregarded.

From Turkish börek to Balkan burek, the celebrated dish of the Ottoman Empire spread far and wide.

Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrived in Los Angeles on 8 September 1916 

A remarkable political career suggests that social mobility is of benefit to us all.

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Which moment would I most like to go back to? Berlin at the end of the First World War.

Public monuments have become sites of historical conflict, revealing bitter divisions over interpretations of the past.

Beaverbrook’s radical vision and prominent platform gave him enormous political sway.

Even for Nazi Camp survivors who sought to eradicate them, they were hard to define.