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Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

Martinique midfielder tells Ed Aarons that he tapped into history while frustrated by injury, but now hopes he can help a young side to rediscover promising form

Tickets to see the tapestry at London’s British Museum will first be available for entry on dates between September and December.

Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies

Henry VIII is not remembered as a loving husband. Any English schoolchild can recount the unpleasant fates of most of his six wives with the rhyme: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.” But though the end of his relationships are famous, less is known about Henry in love.

“Historically, heart-shaped jewellery has always carried significance beyond romance.”

The 24-carat artefact was found by a metal detectorist in a Midlands field

The London museum launched has raised £3.5million in just four month to save the Tudor Heart

Success of the campaign shows the power of history to spark the imagination, says museum director