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How African popes changed Christianity – and gave us Valentine’s Day

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church…

Catherine Heathwood Catherine Heathwood

Michael Gunning: Jamaica swimmer’s rise in white-dominated sport

"I guess I'm known as the black, gay swimmer who wants to be the Usain Bolt of the pool." Michael…

Nick Hope, BBC Nick Hope, BBC

Meet the fish leather pioneers

Steinunn Gunnsteinsdóttir admits that it took her family more than a few attempts to be able to make leather from…

Beth Timmins Beth Timmins