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Forugh Farrokhzad: A trailblazing voice for women in Iran
How the courage and audacity of an Iranian writer continues to inspire

The Cynics: Counter-culture from Ancient Greece
Itinerant philosophers who advocated leading radically simplified lives.

Calories: How to fuel a human
The invisible force that shapes the way we feed ourselves

Belarus: The crossroads of Eastern Europe
History of Belarus from the Middle Ages to Lukashenka

Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control
The controversial campaigner who founded Planned Parenthood and helped develop the pill

Alice Guy: The first female movie mogul
The pioneer of early cinema who was overlooked by history

The Epic of Gilgamesh: A quest for immortality
One of the oldest works of literature can speak to us even today

Uruguay 1930: The first football World Cup
How FIFA's global sporting spectacle began

Moths: The story of the butterfly of the night
The much maligned moth – pest or saviour?

The end of civilisation: Bronze Age collapse
One of the earliest examples of globalisation, and why it came crashing down