Politics & Power
Did the Berlin Conference Really Carve Up Africa?
The meeting of 1884–85 is blamed for the borders of a continent. The record shows something more interesting, and more uncomfortable.
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Sport & Society
Did Pheidippides Really Run from Marathon to Athens?
The legend behind the world’s best-known race is told wrongly, and the correct version is more impressive.
Sport & Society
Did Hitler Really Snub Jesse Owens?
The most famous scene of the 1936 Olympics is told as a story of one man’s contempt. The record points somewhere less comfortable.