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Tales of the gladiators
Guy de la Bédoyère reveals the brutal reality of life for those who battled in Rome’s arenas
No mercy for Cromwell
Diarmaid MacCulloch explains why Henry VIII’s chief minister went from hero to zero in 1540
Milton’s magic
Islam Issa on how one of England’s greatest poets provides an insight into 17th-century society
Back to the high street
Annie Gray describes how Britain’s shopping habits have been transformed over the centuries
The scandal of Lord Lucan
Laura Thompson revisits one of the most enduring crime mysteries of the 20th century.
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