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Archive on 4. A Brief History of Bureaucracy. Audio, 57 minutes
Bureaucracy - what is it good for? And who is it good for?
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BBC Radio 4
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Mystery over 200-year-old bottle of urine
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Lincolnshire
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23 January
Could you pass an English exam from 1913?
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
23 January
Permanent new home for 180-million-year-old fossil
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
23 January
Seal tool treasure could have romantic past
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Cornwall
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22 January
Coins spanning a century found in pub renovation
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Guernsey
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22 January
What was the Holocaust?
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Newsround
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21 January
Bronze Age human skeleton found on building site
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Kent
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20 January
Play highlights history of lost Tudor fortress
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Hull & East Yorkshire
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19 January
Experts reveal fragments from rare Iron Age helmet
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Norfolk
Posted
18 January
Temples, treasures and trade: The astonishing legacy of India's Chola dynasty
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Asia
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18 January
Henley Sauce set for return after nearly 200 years
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Oxfordshire
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16 January
Roman settlement dig 'exceeded all expectations'
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Gloucestershire
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15 January
Documentary to showcase castle's eight-year revamp
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Norfolk
Posted
15 January
Arrest over city's historic street lamp thefts
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England
Posted
14 January
Priest, magician, dentist: Tomb of famous ancient Egyptian doctor discovered
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Newsround
Posted
13 January
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Old photos of seaside town to go on display
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Somerset
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13 January
Discovery of medieval brooch marked with statue
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
13 January
Rare Iron Age brooch banned from being sold abroad
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
12 January
Remembrance service for 6,000 lost trawlermen
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
12 January
Appeal for relatives to unlock graveyard's secrets
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Tyne
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12 January
A murder that shook British India and toppled a king
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Asia
Posted
12 January
Child's note on post-war hardships found in door panel
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Wales
Posted
11 January
Historian offers new theory for Sutton Hoo graves
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England
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11 January