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Some treasures in the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum

This edited article about conservation of buildings originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 712 published on 6 September 1975. Buildings found in the open air museum include a rebuilt...

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Air Gunner Jan Bozdech and his faithful Alsation dog called Antis

This edited article about Jan Bozdech and Antis the Alsatian originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 716 published on 4 October 1975. A spitfire in a dogfight with German fighters during an...

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Mediaeval London was grandified under the Tudors and the Stuarts

This edited article about London originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 764 published on 4th September 1976. The riot of the Apprentices in 1517, after which Catherine of Aragon interceded...

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In AD 69 Otho committed suicide and Vitellius was murdered

This edited article about Otho and Vitellius originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 800 published on 14th May 1977. Marcus Salvius Otho, briefly Roman Emperor in AD 69 As General Marcus...

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Cardinals traditionally wear red robes and hats

This edited article about Roman Catholicism originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 249 published on 22 October 1966. Cardinal Wolsey and Sir Thomas More by Ron Embleton On ceremonial...

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W M Thackeray studied maths, law and the foibles of humanity

This edited article about W M Thackeray originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 257 published on 17 December 1966. Becky Sharp famously throws Dr Johnson's Dictionary out of the carriage at...

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The original London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus

The original London Pavilion The original London Pavilion was located on the north-east side of Piccadilly Circus. It was designed by Loibi and Sonnhammer and occupied two buildings, the facades of...

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St Dunstan, Bishop of London, Worcester and lastly, Archbishop of Canterbury

This edited article about Saints originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 330 published on 11 May 1968. St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, from a manuscript of the 12th Century On the 5th...

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The ship’s captain and crew who came back from the dead – in the Arctic

This edited article about Polar exploration originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 377 published on 5 April 1969. Captain Ross and his crew embarked on their perilous journey For more than...

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Subduing the Sioux would eventually open up Dakota

This edited article about the United States of America originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 419 published on 24 January 1970. Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickock are buried in Deadwood,...

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