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Once upon a time there lived a happy family called the Maitlands. Until October 2012 when Iain recei..

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Emil Zátopek won five Olympic medals set 18 world records and went undefeated over 10000 metres for..

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When Philip Serrell - now well known for his television appearances - gave up teaching to become a p..

A joint operation between Britain and France the 1916 Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain ter..