Known as the “nine-day queen”, Lady Jane Grey has become an iconic Tudor victim: virginal, sweet and beheaded at 16, largely because of the machinations of her evil mother. But is any of this true? Leanda de Lisle discovers otherwise …

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For the first time, the SR-71 Flight Manual is available online. The manual was declassified several years ago and has now been made free to the public.

Take a poignant walk through the life of an alien caught in the midst of humanity.