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Robert Clive’s death has long been attributed to suicide. What is the evidence?

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In the century after the establishment of Burma’s last dynasty, by King Alaungpaya in 1752, the fortunes of the kingdom declined from its peak of imperial might. When it seemed reasonable to expect ...

Bagehot, writing in the 1850s, once declared that the world of the Six Acts (legislation aimed at limiting meetings of radicals) seemed so far removed from his countrymen that they could not ...

T oothbrushing has been a regular part of most people’s daily routines since the mid-20th century, but it was only a few ...