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In the dark days following the declaration of war with Germany, plans devised in the 1930s to protect the country from the worst excesses of the expected air war were put into action. Children were evacuated from London and other major cities, gas masks were distributed and an air raid protection system was established. But it wasn’t only children who were evacuated at the outbreak of […]

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Which is the best city in the world to be a student? It is an almost impossible question to answer – are you looking for the best party city or the most rarefied academic cluster? Miami or Boston, Newcastle or Oxford? And should you consider the most perennial of student concerns – money? How far would a student loan go in New York, London or Paris? […]

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