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The 10 greatest stained-glass windows in the world

30 June 2014

Jason FaragoFeatures correspondent

The 10 greatest stained-glass windows in the world

How the transcontinental railroad changed the US forever

Why ancient Roman buildings last for millennia

The secret childhood of Princess Diana

Rare footage of the WW2 Nazi Hindenburg airship crash

What happened at Hiroshima?

Pope Joan: the woman who fooled the church

The secret WW2 magazine ridiculing Hitler's mother

How the first 'sensational' picture of Lady Diana came about

The insulting 'Vinegar Valentine' of Victorian England

The WW2 experiment to make pigeon-guided missiles

Mary Mallon: 'The most dangerous woman in America'

World War One relics live on in the fields of Europe

A look inside Michelangelo's 'secret room'

The picture that tells a lesser-known chapter of US history

The history of swing states in the US

Why tonnes of mummified cats ended up in England

Inside the ancient royal tomb found by accident

Varna Necropolis: World's oldest gold treasure

The giant 350-year-old model of St Paul's Cathedral

Uncovering the sunken relics of an ancient city

Roman silver coin hoard found in field

Whistler would hate his 1871 painting's success

The story behind the first British person in space

Remains of 38 bodies found at old hospital site a 'significant' discovery

The 1950s blunder causing mass allergies in Japan