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Witnesses, wives, politicians, soldiers: the women of Waterloo

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imageNapoleon's step-daughter Hortense and his second wife Marie-Louise.

The nature of warfare 200 years ago made the Battle of Waterloo a predominantly male affair. But, two centuries on, the history of the battle and our understanding of it by no means have to be predominantly male affairs too. If we see the battle in its wider context of...

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Weathermen of Westeros: does the climate in Game of Thrones make sense?

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imageSomeone knit this young man a nice woolly hat.HBO

The climate has been a persistent theme of Game of Thrones ever since Ned Stark (remember him?) told us “winter is coming” back at the start of season one. The Warden of the North was referring, of course, to the anticipated shift in Westerosi weather from a long summer to a brutal...

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