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Was any representation for the American colonies ever on the cards prior to the revolutionary war?

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A medieval peasant walks into a modern day clothes shop, how much of what’s for sale do they recognise?

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How do we know so much about the cloak and dagger activity in the Soviet Union?

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Why were the fascist regimes of Europe in Spain and Portugal not regularly depicted as the villains in mid century fiction?

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By the time of the English Civil War, the French had been having problems with the English for about 600 years. Why didn’t they try to invade? And how did they make this work to their advantage?

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Was there any kind of major event that caused historians to move away from ‘great men’ interpretations?

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Would an openly homosexual man or woman find it noticeably easier living in a large city in Weimar Germany compared to other cosmopolitan areas in Western Europe?

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Why has the far right in Italy persisted so much more post-fascism than in Germany?

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I recently read an anecdote relating to football in Victorian England where being called ‘clever’ was deemed to be a bit of an insult. It seemed that being clever was some reason not to be considered trustworthy. Was there really such an endemic anti-intellectual feeling back then and why?

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Did the Soviets have their own version of ‘Operation Unthinkable’ and why did the Western allies not implement theirs?

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Was any representation for the American colonies ever on the cards prior to the revolutionary war?	6
A medieval peasant walks into a modern day clothes shop, how much of what’s for sale do they recognise?	5
How do we know so much about the cloak and dagger activity in the Soviet Union?	5
Why were the fascist regimes of Europe in Spain and Portugal not regularly depicted as the villains in mid century fiction?	4
By the time of the English Civil War, the French had been having problems with the English for about 600 years. Why didn’t they try to invade? And how did they make this work to their advantage?	4
Was there any kind of major event that caused historians to move away from ‘great men’ interpretations?	4
Would an openly homosexual man or woman find it noticeably easier living in a large city in Weimar Germany compared to other cosmopolitan areas in Western Europe?	4
Why has the far right in Italy persisted so much more post-fascism than in Germany?	4
I recently read an anecdote relating to football in Victorian England where being called ‘clever’ was deemed to be a bit of an insult. It seemed that being clever was some reason not to be considered trustworthy. Was there really such an endemic anti-intellectual feeling back then and why?	4
Did the Soviets have their own version of ‘Operation Unthinkable’ and why did the Western allies not implement theirs?	3