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Chess: a chequered history
A war on the board - one of the oldest strategy games in the world
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas
Jules Verne's classic adventure novel
Napoleon: From empire to exile
Exploring the life and legacy of France鈥檚 revolutionary emperor
The spice trade: Selling the scents of luxury
The unique allure of spices that preyed on emotion and taste, and powered whole Empires
Moomin Creator Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson was the Finnish-Swedish author and illustrator best known for the Moomins.
Anaesthesia: Unwrapping oblivion
Getting under the skin of the discovery which made pain-free operations possible
Calouste Gulbenkian: The architect of Middle East oil
The secretive Armenian financier who shaped petroleum production for decades
Robinson Crusoe: The man and his island
Daniel Defoe鈥檚 classic adventure story
Lu Xun: Writing the story of New China
Life and works of the man who transformed Chinese literature.
The talking drums of West Africa
A source of music, spiritual power and oral literature
