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The Cat That Won the Poet's Heart

One of the strangest burial stories is attributed to the funeral of the English poet Thomas Hardy in 1928. Hardy lived to the age of 87. His body was cremated, and his ashes were interred in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, next to Charles Dickens. His heart, however, was

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A vegetable garden in the moat of the Tower of London during the Second World War

A vegetable garden in the moat of the Tower of London during the Second World War. The moat was drained on the orders of the Duke of Wellington in the 1840s, to rid the city of the miasma of stagnant water; since then it had simply grown grass, on which

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A colossal diorite scarab beetle from the British Museum, a metre and a half long, symbolising the morning aspect of the solar deity

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What Makes Us Think That Charles III Is Subscribed to the "Thoughts of Great Lads" Page?

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Princess Alexandra of Kent, the most Russian member of the British royal family, turns 87

First cousin of Elizabeth II, granddaughter of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna and great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II

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The Ministry of Justice in England is planning to digitise historical documents from its archives

The Ministry of Justice in England is planning to digitise historical documents from its archives. We are speaking of wills covering at least the last two hundred years. This is held to be a boon for historians and genealogists, who will gain access to the documents. Where does this initiative

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Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, hero of the Second World War, having got into a taxi in London, said to the driver:

"Waterloo, please." "The railway station?" "I'm afraid it's rather late for the battle."

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Naked Charles II and a seven-headed hydra with the heads of the conspirators on a medal commemorating the discovery of the Rye House Plot of 1683, a conspiracy to murder the King and his brother

The plot was to have been carried out while the King was away from London, but he returned from the races considerably earlier than planned and so saved himself. The conspirators were executed, as were many influential Whigs who had no direct part in the attempt on the King'

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Christmas Eve at Woolworths in London, 1955

Christmas Eve at Woolworths in London, 1955. Do you remember the time when shops were crowded and noisy, and when going shopping was a serious undertaking in its own right? No snowdrift could daunt you when you knew that any minute now you and Mum would queue at the department

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A drunkard leaning on a lamp post at night in London, 1934

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A Giraffe in London in 1935

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The General Synod of the Church of England Discussed Prayers for the Blessing of Same-Sex Couples

The subject is not new to the Church of England, but until now matters had never gone as far as publishing a proposed collection of prayers and Bible readings connected with same-sex services. The Archbishop of Canterbury, however, chose to abstain in the vote on the prayers, explaining that