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The 1918 Spanish Flu: The mother of all pandemics
The last global pandemic and what it can tell us about tackling Covid-19 .

Gerard Mercator: The man who revolutionised mapmaking
The mapmaker who defined the modern world

Gretta Cousins: champion of Irish and Indian women
A pianist and activist who fought for women’s votes and better lives

Natsume Soseki: Japan’s great novelist
The Japanese literary giant of the early 20th Century

In search of the good life: Epicurus and his philosophy
Exploring how an Ancient Greek school of thought has resonated through the ages

Artemisia Gentileschi: The painter who took on the men
The Italian Baroque artist who's become a hero for modern-day feminists

Guide dogs for the blind: A history
How did the idea of systematically training dogs for the blind originate?

Oscar Niemeyer: Brazil's king of curves
Brazil's visionary architect and leading pioneer of modernism

Haile Selassie: the last emperor of Ethiopia
The life and legacy of the man who became ‘the Father of Africa’

Emilie du Chatelet: a free-spirited physicist
The life and work of a remarkable 18th-century polymath