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May 2008 – Volume 9 - No 5

 
  THIS MONTH  
  THIS MONTH: Crime Special

Jack the Ripper
Clive Ernsley and Alex Werner recall the Whitechapel murders, the subject of a new exhibition

Crimes of the centuries
Three intriguing cases from the Old Bailey are described by Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker

Mysterious deaths
Frank McLynn investigates claims of foul play in the deaths of world leaders throughout history

"A world so full of hatred and intrigue"
David Stafford looks back at a failed plan for peace, soon after the creation of the State of Israel

The Many Fredericks
Prussian leader Frederick the Great's reputation has been unfairly tarnished according to Giles MacDonogh

Taking the sex cure
The ideas of love doctor James Graham cause a stir in Georgian Britain, says Lydia Syson

 
  Plus All our yesterdays, Education, Passnotes, your monthly TV and radio guide, and current exhibitions.


 
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The Roy Porture Lecture : Cremation and the Work of the Dead
[21/05/2008]
 
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The Line Upon a Wind
A Short History of Britain
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After the Reich


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