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300 Years of British Prime Ministers Part 1
1/2. It's a big summer for British politics with Boris Johnson's resignation and the race between conservative hopefuls Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to …
3 years, 5 months ago
Unrest in Parliament: The Hot Summer of 1911
The summer of 1911 was a hot one. Massive strikes took place across the country, including seamen, railwaymen, coal miners, women working in food pro…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Origins of Rome
Known as the Eternal City, ancient Rome was one of the greatest civilisations in human history, but how did it come about?
With a turbulent history of…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
On August 6 and 9, 1945, US B-29 bombers, dropped their nuclear bombs on the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing hundreds of thousands and …
3 years, 5 months ago
Anne Frank's Step Sister: 'How I Survived the Holocaust' Part 2
2/2. Eva Schloss remembers her days as a girl in Amsterdam playing in the street with the other children including Anne Frank who, for a time, took a…
3 years, 5 months ago
Anne Frank's Step Sister: 'How I Survived the Holocaust' Part 1
1/2. On the morning of the 4th of August 1944, exactly 78 years ago today, the Frank family cowered behind a bookshelf in Amsterdam, listening to hea…
3 years, 5 months ago
Thor: The God behind the Superhero
Few early medieval gods are as well-known and as popular as Thor. He’s currently thrilling moviegoers worldwide with his new outing for the Marvel Ci…
3 years, 5 months ago
When Football Banned Women
England’s historic Euro 2022 victory on Sunday night was the most watched TV programme of the year. It feels like it's the first time women's footbal…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
In July 1588 the Spanish Armada sailed from Corunna to conquer England. Three weeks later an English fireship attack in the Channel—and then a fierce…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Long Death of Slavery
We celebrate abolition - in Haiti after the revolution, in the British Empire in 1833, and in the United States during the Civil War. Yet, over the a…
3 years, 5 months ago