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    BBC History Magazine3 min read
    Encounters
    DIARY By Jonathan Wright, Danny Bird and Eleanor Barnett EXPLORE Orkney, Scotland TRAVEL Granada, Spain What’s the first symbol that comes to mind when you think about Japan? Mount Fuji? Cherry blossom? Or, perhaps, it’s that quintessentially Japanes
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    Anniversaries
    But Nan Winton faces prejudice When Nancy Wigginton – better known by her professional name, Nan Winton – appeared on the nation’s television sets on 20 June 1960, she became the first woman to present the national news on the BBC. The corporation’s
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    Banished. Exiled. Died… Widowed. Berated. Survived.
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