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In brief: Common Decency; A Woman’s World: 1850-1960; The Pathfinders – reviews

Susannah Dickey’s vivid novel about an obsessive friendship; a colourful hymn to the power of social change; and the weighty…

The Guardian - UK

Werner Herzog: ‘I was never, contrary to rumours, a hazard-seeking, crazy stuntman’

The German director, famed for making films about people at the fringes of society, has written a novel about another…

The Guardian - UK

New musical tells the story of wartime hero Alan Turing

Edinburgh Fringe show sets out to tell the tale of the code-breaker whose crucial work on German cyphers helped win…

The Guardian - UK

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Terrifying doll with bleeding eyes found inside abandoned Scots hospital

Until the Second World War, the hopsital was a tuberculosis sanatorium for patients in the south east region of Scotland

Condoms to secret documents: Nazi U-boat items to go on display for first time

Exclusive: Liverpool exhibitors hope documents from sunken submarine may hold clues to end of regime

The Guardian - UK

Series of explosions hamper attempts to tackle Berlin forest fire

Firefighters struggle to contain blaze that began at munitions site used to store second world war bombs

The Guardian - UK

Europe witnessing ‘destruction not seen since WWII’, says Nato chief

The Nato chief warned Europe faces it’s biggest threat since the Second World War

Evening Standard

Just-wed husband lost ring in sea and thought that was it, then along came a man with a knack for finding things

Detectorist Tony Ballantine has reunited five people with their wedding rings over the years and has found "everything you can…

Huge shipwreck lying at the bottom of the sea just a few miles off UK coast

The deep history of the long-forgotten MS Pilsudski has been uncovered, tens of years after it sunk just a few…

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Lake Mead: shrinking waters uncover buried secrets and grisly finds

Sunken boat from second world war and at least three sets of human remains found in largest US reservoir –…

The Guardian - US

102-year-old Second World War veteran from segregated mail unit honoured

A 102-year-old woman is being honoured for her service with an all-female, all-black military unit which got mail to US…

Irish Independent

Do we care enough about COVID?

The COVID-19 pandemic has already generated its own mythology. In Britain, they talk of the “myth of the blitz” –…

The Conversation

Second World War planes fly over Dublin as part of Irish Air Corps Veterans Day

Two of the Royal Air Force’s Second World War planes have flown over Dublin as part of a Veterans’ Day…

Irish Independent

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Families were 'brutally ripped apart' as Chinese seamen were forced out of Britain

Liverpool MP slams 'racist and coercive' actions of the British state as government report confirms Chinese sailors in Liverpool were…

Correlli Barnett obituary

Military historian whose books took aim at the myths of Britain’s wartime exploits and its political and military leaders

The Guardian - UK

Taoiseach pays emotional visit to Singapore prison where uncle was held captive

The Taoiseach has described visiting a Singapore site where his uncle was held as a prisoner of war during the…

Irish Independent

UK heatwave: how the fire service will need to prepare as extreme weather events get worse

The UK’s record-breaking heatwave made it clear how unprepared much of the country is for extreme weather caused by climate…

The Conversation

The war in Ukraine fits into the pattern of history, says comedian Al Murray

Al Murray has compared the war in Ukraine to the Second World War at his history-themed festival in Buckinghamshire.

Irish Independent

Ukrainian refugees to mark Grade II listing of Second World War cross

The cross serves as a reminder of the impact of war on displaced communities throughout history.

The Independent UK

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Wennington fire: Compost blaze that devastated village started just yards from fire station

Local firefighters were out on another call when flames ripped through their community on Britain’s hottest ever day

We don’t know if our homes are still standing, say fire-hit London families

The scale of the damage caused by the record-breaking heatwave emerged on Wednesday as Sadiq Khan said the London Fire…

Evening Standard

Nearly 40 fire engines unable to tackle London wildfires due to firefighter shortage, says union

Nearly 40 London fire engines were unavailable to tackle wildfires on the busiest day for firefighters since the Second World…

Evening Standard

Defence research partnerships face “most complex” situation since WW2

Australia faces its “most complex” strategic circumstance since the Second World War, Defence minister Richard Marles said Wednesday, urging Australia’s…

London fires: Scores of homes destroyed by devastating blazes as firefighter tells of ‘absolute hell’

London Fire Brigade had its busiest day since the end of the Second World War with more than 2,600 emergency…

Evening Standard

Tory leadership candidates on European Convention on Human Rights as two rule out leaving

Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt have both ruled out leaving the European Convention on Human Rights - drawn up after…