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Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the most influential artists in world history. Matt Elton explores the creator ...

But there is another compelling ‘what if’ question that very nearly became reality. How might history have looked if JFK hadn’t been president at all? Years before his death, before he even took ...

Redneck is a divisive term in the United States. Today it is often viewed as a slur, to refer to a working-class, uneducated, white American from the rural South or Appalachian region. To many, it ...