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How JFK helped Barack Obama on his way to the White House
As US President Barack Obama turns 51 this month, new research suggests imagery of one of his most iconic predecessors, JFK, helped Obama on his way to the White House.
Archive material reveals details of doomed People’s Olympiad
As London gears up for the Olympics opening ceremony, documents revealing details of the People’s Olympiad, which would have taken place 76 years ago this month in Barcelona, have gone online.
Images in new online archive mark 75th anniversary of child refugees coming to UK
Archives of material about child refugees evacuated to the UK to escape the Spanish Civil War 75 years ago have gone online at the University of Warwick, as part of the largest English-language digital collection on the conflict.
Our royal connection to Leonardo, the anatomist
Warwick Medical School's Professor of Clinical Anatomy reveals why Leonardo da Vinci's drawings are still relevant to today's anatomists when he was invited to do the audio guide for the new Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist exhibition which opens at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, on 4 May.
How Charles Dickens helped to save the house where the Bard was born
The birthplace of one of the greatest writers of all time, William Shakespeare would not be standing today without the help of another literary giant, Charles Dickens.
Research shows 50 years of motherhood manuals set standards too high for new mums
New research at the University of Warwick into 50 years of motherhood manuals has revealed how despite their differences they have always issued advice as orders and set unattainably high standards for new mums and babies.