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The Spin Doctors of 19th-Century America
10/10Joanna Cohen compares 19th-century attitudes to American politicians with those of today.
Shakespeare and India
9/10Preti Taneja explores the politics of language and its impact on Indian literature.
A Theatre of Their Own
8/10Naomi Paxton on the movement for a women's theatre from the 1890s to the start of WWI.
Speech Before Words
7/10Will Abberley explores the evolution of language and what we learn from science fiction.
Beastly Politics
6/10Alasdair Cochrane of Sheffield University argues that animals should have greater rights.
Beards and Whiskers
5/10Alun Withey explains what shaving tells us about medical advances and military strategy.
Disraeli the Romantic
4/10Daisy Hay considers the way Benjamin Disraeli used his private life for political ends.
Is Marriage an Identity Crisis?
3/10Sophie Coulombeau explores the history of women changing their surnames when marrying.
Scold the Front Page
2/10Tom Charlton on what 17th-century ideas about censorship share with the Leveson report.
The Human Copying Machine
1/10Tiffany Watt-Smith explores the interest of Victorian scientists in our urge to imitate.
