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Botany: A Blooming History BBC Four Tuesday 7th June, 9.00pm Timothy Walker, director of Oxford University Botanic Garden, traces the history of the scientific study of plants. He begins with classification plus the work of such pioneers as Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, Chelsea gardener Phillip Miller and English naturalist John Ray. More TV & radio
Rule Britannia first appeared in a 1740 play about who? a) King John b) Alfred the Great c) Edward the Confessor d) Queen Anne Take the quiz...  JUNE 2011 (download) Michael Wood discusses the BBC's Domesday Project, Angus Konstam considers the fate of Captain Kidd and the new CEO of the National Archives comments on the organisation's future plans. Listen to a sample: Unnatural Histories BBC Four Thursday 9th June, 9.00pm A three-part series looking at how the 'natural' environment is shaped by mankind. More TV & Radio Coast BBC Two Sunday 5th June, 9.00pm Neil Oliver and co return for a new series visiting the areas where land and sea meet. More TV & Radio Advertisement Titanic's Dock and Pump-house, Queen's Island, Belfast In an extract from his new book, 100 Places that Made Britain, David Musgrove talks to Professor Cormac Ó Gráda about Belfast's Titanic Dockyard. Read more White Rock Copper Works, Swansea Professor Chris Evans puts forward the White Rocks Copper Works in Swansea as one of the 100 Places that Made Britain. Read more What were the Cinque Ports? This question should really be "What are the Cinque Ports?" as the organisation still exists. It is a confederation of… Read more	Titanic – from drawing board to slipway This month, 100 years after Titanic was launched into the waters of Belfast, a new exhibition opens at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. We bring you some of the amazing images of the great ship. Read more Out and about in June Find out what's going on around the UK in June with our events and exhibitions page. Read more [view all features]   The BBC Story In a Panorama programme, the Duke of Edinburgh became the first member of the royal family to give a television interview... Read more   Think you're clean? Well your ancestors might not agree In the words of the anthropologist Mary Douglas, "Dirt is simply matter out of place."... Read more The Past Laugh This week, author and journalist Eugene Byrne takes a look at the respect and awe that Gurkha troops have been held in by generations... Read more History headlines Scientists studying the remains of five skeletons found buried at Stirling Castle, along with four other human remains, have suggested that they suffered "brutally violent" deaths... Read more The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire and War by Matthew Parker James Walvin reviews an engaging exploration of the slave-based sugar islands in the West Indies. Read more

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