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Here's everything you need to know about Wednesday night's spectacular lunar phenomenon which is the closest full moon of the year - and won't be seen again until 2037!

When King Phillip II's invasion fleet menaced the south coast of England in 1588, what did the merchants and mariners who depended on the Narrow Seas to the continent do? As Robert Blackmore reveals, they filled the holds of their ships and kept on making their voyages anyway

There is something of In Bruges about this Belgium-set tale of whistleblowers in hiding, with a little bit of David Brent

Jonathan Sumption’s magisterial history of the Hundred Years War concludes with the detailed, judicious and far-sighted Volume Five

This hidden gem of a city is renowned for being bicycle-friendly and as a hub of the diamond trade.

In Two Roads Home, Daniel Finkelstein tells the stories of the Wieners and the Finkelsteins, his maternal and paternal grandparents, the former victimized by the Nazis, the latter by Communists.

Western colonialism, a political-economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, and it was primarily driven by Portugal, Spain, the Dutch Republic, France, and England.

One of the earliest illustrated books featuring horsemanship offers a lavish collection of hand-coloured plates from the late 16th century.

The tank with the most impressive technical stats is not necessarily the most successful one. The best tank is the one that accomplishes its mission.