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    Kensington Palace puts Queen Anne's costumes on display

    She has been largely forgotten by the public, despite being on the throne at the creation of Great Britain and having one of the most fascinating, and tragic, personal lives of any Queen of England...
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    Britain, Europe and decades of deception

    After the British electorate voted to leave the EU in June 2016, the search began among the elite for someone to blame. Then prime minister David Cameron was singled out for allowing the referendum to take place at all. The leaders of the Vote Leave campaign were accused of misleading...
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    Angry Theresa May confronts abusive Jean-Claude Juncker

    Raging Theresa May let rip at Jean-Claude Juncker — after he infuriated Britain by grabbing her and calling her plans “nebulous”...
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    Forget horsepower. Stonehenge was built with cow-power

    Stonehenge may have been built with the assistance of cows who helped carry the enormous rocks across the British Isles. It could help explain how the fabled bluestones...
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    Iron Age warrior who was bludgeoned in the face and pierced with nine spears

    Archaeologists have unearthed the grisly remains of an Iron Age warrior buried 2,000 years ago in Yorkshire...
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    Figurine of horned Celtic fertility god uncovered

    A 2000-year-old figurine depicting a Celtic fertility God has been uncovered in an old Roman settlement by archaeologists in farmland in Cambridgeshire. The discovery shows...
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    Why Leave would win next time round

    Remainers don't seem to notice the many things that will count against them in the event of a second referendum - such as the fact that both the Conservatives and Labour would campaign for Leave... Coffee House...
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    Rival marches ahead of Tuesday's Brexit vote

    A UKIP-organised march in support of Brexit which controversial activist Tommy Robinson is attending is taking place in London. Meanwhile counter-protest against the former English Defence League leader...
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    EU militarism is nothing new

    For those of us in Britain who oppose military intervention in other nations’ affairs, a real Brexit would be a boon because it would give the EU less control over our military affairs. Sure, Britain might for some years remain part of NATO. But at least we wouldn’t have to keep up with all of...
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    They are all in contempt of the people

    Since the Second World War we have been living under an increasingly unrepresentative democracy, in which an isolated and insulated political class has invested more and more power and authority in unelected and unaccountable bodies, from the courts to the European Commission. That is a...
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    Skeleton of 15th Century man wearing wellies found at edge of Thames

    Medieval wellies have been unearthed by archaeologists who stumbled upon a skeleton that may be the remains of a murder victim. The male remains in Bermondsey, south-east London, lay...
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    Skeletons reveal the drudgery of Charles Dickens' London

    Evidence of the hardship and toll of life during the Industrial Revolution on Londoners has been uncovered by archaeologists. The skeletons of a woman who was stabbed to death...
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    If Brexit is blocked, will it ever be worth voting again?

    If Britain doesn’t leave the EU or stays basically trapped inside the EU then I won’t take to the streets. I won’t wail or gnash my teeth. I certainly won’t take to insulting my friends, family or fellow citizens who voted ‘Remain’. Far from it. I will get on with things and with people...
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    The problem with a ‘People’s Vote’

    What’s the wording? What are the options on offer? All the People’s Vote proponents are very clear about is that Remain must be on the ballot, but about the nature of the alternative no one is clear at all. Are they seriously proposing that people should be asked to vote on the respective...
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    Bloody Sunday: how the Lord's day was murder in Medieval England

    Sunday is traditionally a day of rest, but for 14th century Londoners it could be deadly, according to academics. Criminologists at Cambridge University trawled through Coroner’s Rolls which document...
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    Ten myths from the ‘no-deal’ Project Fear

    To the UK's economy having slowed down to people having to go without water and Christmas trees, ten Remain myths about a No Deal Brexit are shattered... COFFEE HOUSE...
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    England to play Kosovo for first time in Euro 2020 qualifiers

    England and Kosovo are to play each other for the first time next year after the two were drawn together in Group A of the Euro 2020 qualifiers. The former Yugoslav republic only played its first...
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    16 things that happened in December through history

    Here, Dominic Sandbrook highlights events that took place in December in history… 16 things that happened in...
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    Roman signet ring found in Suffolk field

    An amateur metal detectorist has discovered an ancient signet ring believed to date back to 200AD in a Suffolk field...