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What is the biological purpose of the handshake and why has it outlasted other forms of greeting?

Edmund Richardson recounts the story of Charles Masson, a self-taught archaeologist, and his quest to find the lost city of Alexandria.

Clothing historian Lucy Adlington on the ‘The Dressmakers of Auschwitz' and Charlie English's account of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill.

They're very resource hungry and yet skyscrapers are, and will remain essential to future living, and the hounding of singer Billie Holiday by the FBI.

Environmental historian Emily O’Gorman explains why it's a mistake to set wetlands aside as areas not available for human interaction and use. Philosopher Lee McIntyre urges a push back against science denial and disinformation. David Rooney on how clocks have been deployed as instruments of faith, money and power, imposing social order and regulating behaviour.