Gaining perspective: Princess Diana’s death 25 years on
She was a young woman of scant personal resources who believed she was basking with dolphins when she was foundering among sharks
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Author: Pat Murphy
Modern India turns 75 despite the bitterness and violence
Independence was declared on Aug. 15, 1947
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The assassination of Sir Henry Wilson Ireland’s Sarajevo?
Regardless of the British reaction to Wilson’s death, the Irish civil war was likely to happen
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Richard Nixon’s California embarrassment
How did a man with one of the highest profiles in American politics – someone who’d just come within a hairsbreadth of winning the presidency in 1960 – flop so badly in 1962?
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The legend of King Arthur is a gift that keeps on giving
Although it may be a fabrication, the story has powerful resonance
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