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The UK is on course to overtake France to become the third largest car manufacturer in Europe after Germany and Spain, according to figured released today by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). British car production increased by 3.1 per cent in 2013, the industry body said...

Television presenter and historian Dan Snow takes a look at the similarities between 1848, a year that saw a number of violent revolutions break out across Europe, and the recent unrest in Syria 1848: The Year of Revolutions Wednesday 15th January 2014 History Extra, the website of the BBC...

As early as the 18th century, diet doctors began to recommend strict, low fat meals, and newspapers featured adverts for tonic and diet pills. Research carried out by Dr Corinna Wagner from the University of Exeter reveals how the perceived decadence of the Georgian period gave way to a more...