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On 30 January 1959, the late Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones held a Caribbean party in St Pancras Town Hall in London, planting the seeds for the …
3 years, 4 months ago
The Harder They Come
In 1972, a low-budget Jamaican film and its legendary soundtrack helped popularise reggae music in the world.
Ben Henderson speaks to one of the most…
3 years, 5 months ago
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
On 5 October 2000, protests in the Yugoslav capital Belgrade spiralled into an attack on the parliament building. Hours later President Slobodan Milo…
3 years, 5 months ago
The release of Gilad Shalit
On 18 October 2011, Israeli solider Gilad Shalit was freed after spending over five years in captivity in Gaza.
His release was part of a controversi…
3 years, 5 months ago
The funk and soul club that changed Manchester
In 1962, Nigerian man Phil Magbotiwan opened a brand new nightclub in Manchester, England.
In part because of his own personal experiences of racism,…
3 years, 5 months ago
Dassler brothers’ rift
In 1948, brothers Adi and Rudi Dassler who lived in a small German town fell out. They went on to create globally renowned sportswear firms Adidas an…
3 years, 5 months ago
The raising of the Mary Rose
It’s 40 years since a wrecked English Tudor warship was brought back to the surface. On 11 October 1982, 60 million people worldwide watched the extr…
3 years, 5 months ago
Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
When drug kingpin Pablo Escobar died in 1993 having built a billion dollar cocaine empire, he left behind a zoo. While his rhinos, giraffes, elephant…
3 years, 5 months ago
The power of Jomo Kenyatta
In the 1970s, Sharad Rao was Kenya’s assistant director of public prosecutions, working closely with Kenyan leader Jomo Kenyatta who was seen as ruth…
3 years, 5 months ago
Festival of Light
In September 1971, Christians from all over the UK held the Nationwide Festival of Light to protest against what they saw, as increasingly liberal at…
3 years, 5 months ago