“Medieval football” is still played annually on Shrove Tuesday in some parts of the UK.
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Pancake Day isn’t just about pancakes.
18th-century London newspapers frequently reported on the tragic and curious accidents that befell the city’s residents.
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News reports about accidents can deliver important moral lessons and remind us to value life.
Wiliam Wordsworth lived and wrote in Grasmere, in England’s Lake District, from 1799-1808.
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The idea that human activity threatens nature, and that it is important to protect wild places, dates back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon at a press conference on Oct. 17, 2022, at the Québec City National Assembly. He repeated that he did not want to swear an oath to King Charles.
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No official French version of the Constitution Act of 1867 exists in 2022. This aberration calls into question the validity of taking an oath to the King in French.
Goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand of Iran is carried on a stretcher during the FIFA World Cup 2022 group B soccer match between England and Iran.
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World Cup 2022: the risk of playing on with concussion and why the rules in football need to change.
One giant leap for soccerkind.
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As the ball that Maradona’s fist helped on its way to the back of the net – with some divine help – goes up for auction, a scholar of soccer explains why that goal means so much.
In Westeros, Rhaenyra finds herself in a power struggle akin to that of the real-life Empress Matilda, who lived from 1102 to 1167.
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During a two-decade period of English history known as the Anarchy, a woman sought to make the then-unprecedented move of ascending to the English throne.
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Moving entire communities threatened by rising seas isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds.
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Forming a pact with the Liberal Democrats would make electoral sense in England – but Keir Starmer does not see it as a risk worth taking.
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Paris successfully took water back into public ownership. There is growing evidence to suggest England should do the same.
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, pictured at the second Conservative leadership TV debate, are set to debate again on July 25 2022.
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Tax cuts could ease the burden on households and small businesses that are struggling, alongside tax increases for large firms.
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The Liberal Democrats think they can take the seat from Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in the wake of partygate – and longstanding resentment towards the political class is fuelling their optimism.
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The schools inspectorate’s policies about language are harmful to the most marginalised members of society.
Universities across the world hold massive amounts of land.
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New research shows that universities could offset carbon by changing some of their land to woodlands and meadows.
Views of the Yorkshire Dales seem idyllic but farmers are dealing with economic and environmental problems.
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British countryside management needs a new co-ordinated approach, a researcher argues.
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Hospitalisations aren’t rising in the steep manner that prompted previous lockdowns despite the high current caseload.
Coastal communities are likely to be hardest hit by climate change.
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In a region threatened by coastal erosion, a group of school students learned how they could explore change using visual stories and poems.
In England, children were seen as a way to replenish the military and sustain the economy.
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Go back to 17th- and 18th-century England and France and you’ll see the same sort of handwringing over birthrates that we’re seeing today.
The England team’s Euro 2020 was full of moments the country should be proud of.
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Euro 2020 was full of successes for this team, we shouldn’t forget that.
Mural of England player Marcus Rashford with messages of support plastered over racist abuse following Euros 2020.
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Studying the team over the past 25 years has provided clues as to why it’s plagued with issues of racism and hooliganism