Great articles
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Lily Ebert, 100-year-old Auschwitz survivor, celebrates becoming a great-great grandmother and declaring: 'The Nazis did not win'
Lily Ebert, who was recognised for her services to Holocaust education and made an MBE last year, went from 'near-death at Auschwitz to creating five generations of Jewish life'.
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The greatness of Captain Cook
In his new book, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, bestselling narrative historian Hampton Sides tells the story of one of the greatest explorers ever to live, James Cook. Tales of Cook’s exploits have fallen out of favor. The once-celebrated explorer has become the […]
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The Great Serengeti Land Grab
"How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland."