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Henry VIII. King of England. Husband to six wives. Self-appointed supreme head of the Church of England. And, as it turns out, an accidentally pivotal figure in the practice of writing English history.
When Henry broke away from the Catholic Church in the early 1530s, he confiscated the holdings of all of England’s monasteries in a process known as dissolution. Manuscripts owned by the monasteries changed hands in the years that followed. Some were taken by the king’s men. Some were recycled for use as candlesticks or boot polishing cloth. Likely thousands disappeared. Expert in medieval manuscripts Raphaëlle Goyeau explains how this aspect of dissolution unwittingly changed the way we write English history forever.
Feuding brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are finally getting the band back together for a series of Oasis concerts next summer. Ahead of the scramble for tickets this morning, we’re looking back on the genius of their debut album, Definitely, Maybe, which incidentally turns 30 tomorrow.
And have you ever wondered how cats feel when a fellow feline dies? As an animal behaviour and welfare expert explains, cats can become distressed and want more attention when a fellow pet passes on to the great cat bed in the sky.
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Anna Walker
Senior Arts + Culture Editor
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Henry in 1540, by Hans Holbein the Younger.
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Raphaëlle Goyeau, University of East Anglia
Henry unwittingly set in motion a series of events that would forever change how English scholars would access the primary sources used in historical research.
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Oasis at a record signing ahead of the release of Definitely Maybe.
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Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester
Definitely Maybe, the album that launched the band, celebrates its 30th birthday on August 29.
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Alexander Dubrovsky
Grace Carroll, Queen's University Belfast
Research has shown cats become distressed and want more attention when a fellow pet dies.
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World
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Ján Michalko, ODI
Why the views of men in positions of power and influence matter so much.
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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham
The Indian prime minister’s visit to Kyiv highlights complex behind-the-scenes manoeuvring with important geopolitical implications.
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Politics + Society
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Tiger Hills, University of Oxford
Some courts in Canada are making it possible for people to safely camp in public areas.
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Arts + Culture
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Luke Lewin Davies, Keele University
Understandably, a number of shows at this year’s Fringe responded to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Andy Miah, University of Salford
The London Paralympics in 2012 helped change the way people think about disability and sport. A new exhibition reveals the history and continuing evolution of para sport and how it is received.
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Business + Economy
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Eoin McLaughlin, University College Cork; Cristián Ducoing, Lund University; Nicholas Hanley, University of Glasgow
The two leading supporters of the ‘inclusive wealth’ metric, the UNEP and World Bank, can’t agree on how it should be measured.
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Selim Raihan, University of Dhaka; Kunal Sen, United Nations University
Bangladesh’s interim government faces an uphill battle to get the country’s economy back on track.
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Heejung Chung, King's College London
If the coffee giant’s CEO can perform the role just as well from home, then the three-hour flight may be little more than a performative gesture.
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Environment
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Amy Hinsley, University of Oxford; Susanne Masters, Leiden University
Analysis of thousands of patent applications sheds new light on hidden wild harvests.
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Andrew Taylor, Charles Darwin University; Supriya Mathew, Charles Darwin University
For decades it seemed as if nothing could change the trajectory of population growth. But a huge change is looming.
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Health
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Marco Romagnoli, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
The popularity of the Mediterranean diet reveals a society in crisis, because it is the opposite of our way of life.
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
Full-body MRI scans cost between £1,000 and £3,000, but are they worth it?
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Helen Owton, The Open University
Cricket is physically and mentally demanding and draining – and it has a suicide problem. Here’s why.
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Science + Technology
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Simonetta Di Pippo, Bocconi University
The SpaceX-backed mission has no professional astronauts aboard.
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