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Benson Lossing’s A History of the United States was checked out in 1927 and returned this month

Paddy Riordan, pictured, returned a copy of a book borrowed from a library in Coventry by his grandfather in 1938 - some 84 years late.

It is 300 years since Walpole took office and began a long and unbroken tradition by The Week team Christopher Furlong - WPA Pool/Getty Images This Easter weekend will mark 300 years since Sir Robert Walpole became what is widely considered to be Britain’s first prime minister – although the role as we think of it today was yet to exist. Who was Sir Robert Walpole? Walpole was born on 26 August 1676 at Houghton in Norfolk. The son of Colonel Robert Walpole, an MP and member of the gentry...

Strawberry Hill House, in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, was home of Sir Horace Walpole Completed in 1776, Sir Horace remodelled the home in decorative style described as Queer Gothic Pictures show Gothic arches, its brightly-coloured walls, intricate bannisters and tall stained glass windows Images of the home were released by Historic England to mark LGBT history month this month