Armistice Day: Two minutes’ silence marks remembrance Millions of people have fallen silent to remember the nation’s war dead, as the UK marks Armistice Day. Big Ben, which has been silent since August while repair work is carried out, chimed at 11:00 GMT. Events have been held around the country to mark the 99th anniversary of the end of World […]
Read moreThe Victorians’ surprisingly liberal attitude towards gay men The famous imprisonment of author Oscar Wilde in 1895 for being a homosexual paints a picture of sexual repression and hostility towards same-sex relationships in 19th-century England. But the largest ever survey of court cases relating to the criminalisation of gay men has revealed a surprisingly relaxed attitude towards homosexuality […]
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