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by Steve Cunningham THE tale is familiar: a beautiful young woman is spurned by her contemporaries because she becomes an unmarried mum-to-be. Then it gets more unusual. Her hair is turned into
00:00 Thu 01st Feb 2001 by Steve Cunningham OXO, the stock cube forever part of the traditional British Sunday roast, is to fall into American hands as part of a billion-dollar sale by Unilever. The gravy business is to
00:00 Tue 30th Jan 2001by Steve Cunningham NICHOLAS I was one of the cruellest Russian rulers in history. He hated people, but he loved horses. Now, one of his bizarre creations has been uncovered: a rest home for
00:00 Fri 26th Jan 2001by Steve Cunningham FARMERS regularly uncover buried treasure on their land. Sometimes they plough up an Anglo-Saxon silver hoard, or a Norman necklace. Often they unearth trove more valuable to
00:00 Fri 26th Jan 2001by Steve Cunningham HERE, at the AnswerBank, we see a wide range of history & myths questions, from the puzzling and fascinating to the frankly unbelievable. Here's a selection of the best and
00:00 Thu 25th Jan 2001By Oliver Goggi HISTORY... who needs it Not our school children it seems. A recent survey of secondary school pupils uncovered some truly amazing finds. According to some of our nation's youth, it
00:00 Thu 18th Jan 2001By Steve Cunningham A QUESTION by Silver about the ancient Battle of Marathon drew an answer from Leaverr, which you can read in our question session here. This question, however, prompted
00:00 Mon 15th Jan 2001By Steve Cunningham SO HISTORIANS know best, do they Sea Henge, a 4,000-year-old mysterious circle of oak stumps found off the north Norfolk coast, has been moved to a preservation laboratory,
00:00 Sat 06th Jan 2001By Steve Cunningham HISTORY is being rewritten in South Africa. And the past is becoming far less white. Six years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is ending the emphasis on 'white' events
00:00 Fri 05th Jan 2001By Steve Cunningham SHE ruled for 63 years and her name became a byword for prudishness. Now it seems Queen Victoria may have been a bit obsessed by sex. Press AssociationIndeed, according to a new
00:00 Thu 04th Jan 2001By George Harris She may have been adored by theatre-goers worldwide, but Eva Peron was held in contempt by the British Government, according to official Foreign Office files. Years before Don't
00:00 Wed 03rd Jan 2001By Steve Cunningham THE GRANDCHILDREN of war-time leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin are to meet for the first time. Winston Churchill (junior), Curtis Roosevelt and
00:00 Tue 02nd Jan 2001By Steve Cunningham AMATEUR archaeologist Peter Phillips was always intrigued by the bumps and ridges in fields near his Isle of Wight home. Then his wife won an air flight of the area in a raffle -
00:00 Sun 24th Dec 2000By Steve Cunningham ARE you a student of history or a participant Put it another way, do you love trudging around dusty old exhibits at your municipal museum Or, do you want to get that suit of
00:00 Thu 14th Dec 2000By Steve Cunningham FOR 70 years, millions of tourists have dutifully visited the birthplace of Mary Arden, Shakespeare's mother, near Stratford. But, it has been revealed, they were paying good
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