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Tea became one of the British Empire's most prized resources in the 18th Century. But it may have also had an unintended effect on the British population – reducing mortality rates.
A man who discovered he had two siblings after his mother had died has admitted he struggled to reconcile with her secret.
The messages, placed between May 20 and 26, provide comfort to the loved ones of those either lost or being celebrated. There were also two in memoriam messages for loved ones no longer with us, including for the crew of HMS Gloucester.
Both women and men were persecuted in the 1500s. Stephen Nunn looks at one of history’s bleakest chapters
Everyone knows that the rising proportion of women who bear and raise children out of wedlock has greatly weakened the American family system.