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Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a nude Mona Lisa? I may have just solved this centuries-old mystery

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out

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Hidden London: Strawberry Hill House

Don’t scare easily? Then visit the inspiration for the first ever Gothic novel, says John Darlington

Evening Standard

‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn’t Learn At School (New Pics)

Every single day is an opportunity to learn something new. But even if you’re not actively reading scientific studies, you can still pick up a lot of new info just by spending time online. The post ‘Today I Learned’: 50 People Share Fascinating Things They Didn’t Learn At School (New…

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Wolterton Hall: a weekend at one of Norfolk's grandest stately homes

This 18th century pile (not far from Sandringham) has been restored to its former glory. Jonathan Samuels experiences what it's like to reign over 500-acre estate for a few days

Evening Standard

Duchess of Disco? Kate Middleton ‘joins 24-hour rave’ at Houghton Festival with friend Rose Hanbury

Kate Middleton reportedly joined revellers at the 24-hour festival after dinner with the Cholmondeleys

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Duchess of Disco? Kate Middleton ‘secretly joins 24-hour rave’ at festival with friend Rose Hanbury

Kate Middleton reportedly joined revellers at the 24-hour festival after dinner with the Cholmondeleys

The Independent UK

Long story: book returned to California library nearly a century late

Benson Lossing’s A History of the United States was checked out in 1927 and returned this month

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Editorial: Can’t Truss it: Toodle-oo to a prime minister we barely got to know

Short-lived governments are routine in some democracies, with uncertainty the norm and predictability ever elusive. Yet never in London, where hundreds of years of steady parliamentary rule set a standard for the world going back to the first prime minister, Robert Walpole, three centuries ago. His two decades were a…

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Liz Truss becomes shortest-serving Prime Minister: How long all the UK's leaders lasted in Number 10

Truss is the only PM in history to have led for less than 100 days, with the longest-serving Prime Minister lasting more than 20 years

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The most controversial PM since Lloyd George: historians on Boris Johnson

In the pantheon of UK premiers, Johnson must claim his place as among the most scandalous, say experts

The Guardian - UK

All the times the UK has changed prime minister during a war

Some Tories have argued they cannot change leader because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Strawberry Hill launches crowdfunding campaign to save iconic Walpole portrait

The Trust is hoping to bring the portrait of a young Walpole back to his home of Strawberry Hill

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