Tariffs and trade wars have hit the headlines in recent months as US president Donald Trump pursues aggressive economic policies. But are they really so unprecedented? Frank Trentman spoke to Matt Elton about centuries of ‘discriminatory taxes’

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Betty Webb And The Female Codebreakers Of Bletchley Park | HistoryExtra

Historian Tessa Dunlop shines a light on the secret and undervalued work of the women of Bletchley Park, without whom the codebreaking successes of the Second World War could not have happened

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