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The Portland Spy Ring: The Remarkable Story of Love, Deceit, and Illegal Espionage
Written by Sally Dolphin. The presence of spies in suburban life during the 1950s did not seem probable. And yet, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, one of the most successful Soviet spy rings was operating directly under the nose of MI5.
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Misogyny: The Driving Force of the Great European Witch-Hunts from the Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries
Written by Sophia Aiello. The Witch Trials of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries have been well studied, but what role did misogyny have in this crisis, and how did the stereotype of the ‘witch’ develop?
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Investigating Female Liberation Inside the Eighteenth-Century British Masquerade
Written by Boryana Ivanova. The masquerade ball carries a long and varied history, but how did the eighteenth century masquerade become imagined places of pleasure, excess and female liberation?
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The Elusive Basalt Bowls of Bab edh-Dhra’ Cemetery
Written by Etta Coleman. The cemetery at Bab edh-Dhra’, on the south bank of Wadi Kerak, can provide an insight into the Early Bronze Age people who inhabited the site. Etta Coleman examines one find in particular, a collection of basalt vessels, which deepens our understanding of their society and culture further.
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MK-Ultra: Mind-Control, LSD and the US Government
Written by Eva Campbell. MK-Ultra, sanctioned during the Cold War, was programme of convert experiments conducted by the US government to develop mind-control drugs. Eva Campbell explores the horrifying human cost of the operation, a period of history which remains shrouded in mystery.
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Augustan Propaganda: Virgil and Idealism in the Aeneid
Written by Kavisha Kamalananthan. Written under the patronage of the first emperor of Rome, Virgil’s ‘Aenied’ can be understood as political propaganda. But how, and in what ways, was Virgil able to achieve this?
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Dido Elizabeth Belle, and the mysteries behind the painting at Scone Palace
Written by Sophie Whitehead. The portrait of Lady Elizabeth and Dido Belle has fascinated historians and allowed us a glimpse into Black History in the eighteenth century. But who was she? And how has she been understood by historians and art critics since the painting’s production?
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Binyavanga Wainaina’s ‘How To Write About Africa’ and the Dangers of the Single Story
Written by Megan Sickmueller. How do colonial and orientalist ideas of Africa linger in the Western imagination? And what enduring problems do such false images maintain? Megan Sickmueller examines Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina’s ‘scathingly satirical’ piece on this complex topic.
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