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Letters
Michael Wood cites Shakespeare's “lack of education” (July) as a reason some people give for doubting that he wrote his plays – but many people achieve great things through self-education, which often does not show up in their academic record. Shakes
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Dark Knights
Modern statesmen live in the expectation of a metaphorical knife in the back from their political enemies. The situation in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem was similar, but the knives were far less metaphorical. Miles of Plancy, a powerful nobleman, w
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Hidden Histories
WHEN YOU PUT AN OVERLOOKED HISTORY – especially one within living memory – into the public space, it unlocks so many other stories. You are never sure, though, exactly what those may be. Earlier this year, BBC Sounds launched my series Three Million,

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