“Many Bothans Died” To Get the Second Death Star Plans — but Who Are They in Star Wars Canon?
In the Star Wars universe, it's a fact that many Bothans died to bring Death Star II plans to the Rebellion, as they were a ...
As The Lady dies, we must fight more than ever to cling on to our Britishness
It was that rare publication read both upstairs and downstairs. A magazine founded in 1885 that combined practical features ...
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The Greatest Byzantine Greek Scholars of the Renaissance
During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...
Counterfire2d
How the Great Revolutions happened, Part 13: Russia, The February Revolution
In the latest in Dominic Alexander’s series on great revolutions, he looks at how Russia went from bloody imperialist war to ...
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Can we speak Greek?
Crusius plundered contemporary travel accounts for information alongside chronicles and histories. He recognised ...
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What It’s About: The latest from The Verge journalist and novelist Nguyen (“New Waves”) follows four Vietnamese American cousins whose lives are thrown into disarray after the U.S. government ...