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Plus, Julia Child’s letters, a child transplanted from the Kalahari, the epic story of the black exodus from the American South, a chambermaid’s tale, and how objects reveal the world’s history

The country’s historic landmarks are crumbling, and critics say government just doesn’t seem to care

Plus, why Cleopatra got a raw deal, the man who killed Pluto, Keith Richards on Mick Jagger, Louisa May Alcott’s revenge, and the vanishing ski bum

A new movie and book remove shy George VI from history’s footnotes

Over the last century, royal weddings have become grand public spectacles. Thousands gather to watch shows of uncommon refinement—and ordinary optimism.

Heartbreaking and hair-raising stories from WWII veterans: excerpts from The Memory Project

’We flew in false teeth and eyeglasses’

Remember when choice and flexibility were good things?

Though the Metis leader didn’t agree, madness seemed the best defence against charges of high treason

New DNA tests on his relatives reveal that Hitler may have had North African and Jewish ancestors