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Passing interest

December 2025

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BBC History UK

In his new book, Roger Luckhurst sets about the monumental task of chronicling the evolution of burial practices. In doing so, he does a wonderful job of exploring millennia of deathly debate, including the cultural meanings behind particular approaches.

- Lorraine Evans,

Passing interest

Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead by Roger Luckhurst Thames & Hudson, 240 pages, £30

The book is composed of three sections.

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Hymn to life

Scripted by Alan Bennett and directed by Nicholas Hytner - a collaboration that produced The Madness of King George and The History Boys – The Choral is set in 1916.

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1 min

December 2025

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BBC History UK

Helen Keller

It was when I was eight or nine years old, growing up in Canada, and I borrowed a book about her from my local library.

time to read

2 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

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Spain's miracle

The nation's transition from dictatorship to democracy in the late 1970s surely counts as one of modern Europe's most remarkable stories. On the 50th anniversary of General Franco's death, Paul Preston explores how pluralism arose from the ashes of tyranny

time to read

8 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

BBC History UK

Just how many Bayeux Tapestries were there?

As a new theory, put forward by Professor John Blair, questions whether the embroidery was unique, David Musgrove asks historians whether there could have been more than one 'Bayeux Tapestry'

time to read

7 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

BBC History UK

In service of a dictator

HARRIET ALDRICH admires a thoughtful exploration of why ordinary Ugandans helped keep a monstrous leader in power despite his regime's horrific violence

time to read

2 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

BBC History UK

The Book of Kells is a masterwork of medieval calligraphy and painting

THE BOOK OF KELLS, ONE OF THE GREATEST pieces of medieval art, is today displayed in the library of Trinity College Dublin.

time to read

3 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

BBC History UK

Passing interest

In his new book, Roger Luckhurst sets about the monumental task of chronicling the evolution of burial practices. In doing so, he does a wonderful job of exploring millennia of deathly debate, including the cultural meanings behind particular approaches.

time to read

1 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

BBC History UK

Is the advance of AI good or bad for history?

As artificial intelligence penetrates almost every aspect of our lives, six historians debate whether the opportunities it offers to the discipline outweigh the threats

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8 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

BBC History UK

Beyond the mirage

All serious scholarship on ancient Sparta has to be conducted within the penumbra of the 'mirage Spartiate', a French term coined in 1933 to describe the problem posed by idealised accounts of Sparta.

time to read

1 mins

December 2025

BBC History UK

BBC History UK

He came, he saw... he crucified pirates

Ancient accounts of Julius Caesar's early life depict an all-action hero who outwitted tyrants and terrorised bandits. But can they be trusted? David S Potter investigates

time to read

10 mins

December 2025

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