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3 months ago

Friends in Youth by Minoo Dinshaw review – parallel lives in England’s civil war

A clear-eyed look at two friends who took pivotal roles in the war that split the nation

At the Battle of Edgehill in 1642 , King Charles I numbered Edward Hyde , a short, paunchy lawyer with no aptit…

Battle to stop super prison: Villagers launch legal bid to challenge Angela Rayner's decision to force through plans for a 1,700 capacity jail on green belt land

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary approved the building of a jail holding 1,700 prisoners near Chorley in Lancashire.

4 months ago

The Eagle and the Hart by Helen Castor review – the tragic lives of Richard II and Henry IV

A rich and vivid history of the Plantagenet cousins and rivals for the English throne

‘Richard II tried first being a Good King and then a Bad King without enjoying either very much. Then being told h…

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