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Back to SearchThe Flavr Savr Tomato - The World's First Genetically Engineered Food
In 1994 the world's first genetically-engineered food went on sale in the US. It was a tomato, called the 'Flavr Savr' which stayed fresh for up to 3…
9 years, 5 months ago
The First Russian Revolution of 1917
100 years since the Russian Revolution, Imperial Russia in colour, AIDS and the mystery of 'Patient Zero', when Indian sex workers marched for employ…
9 years, 6 months ago
Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote
Women in Kuwait win the right to vote, and the only women on the front line on the Western Front in World War One; battling smog in Mexico City in th…
9 years, 6 months ago
Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint
Life with Mother Teresa among the poorest of the poor in Calcutta, how the World Health Organisation came to realise that obesity was a global proble…
9 years, 6 months ago
The German American Bund
In the 1930s, a group of German-American Nazi sympathisers known as the German American Bund held rallies and summer camps across the US. Also, the l…
9 years, 7 months ago
Love and Marriage
From speed-dating to gay romance, from divorce to bigamy we look at recent changes in the way society perceives love and marriage. Plus - an expert v…
9 years, 7 months ago
Sanctuary Cities in the USA
This week how American cities like San Francisco became safe havens for undocumented immigrants, the story of Tilikum and first recorded killing of a…
9 years, 7 months ago
The End of Apartheid
Former South African police minister on ending apartheid, eyewitness to Black Hawk Down, landmark sexual harassment case in India, the last South Am…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy
On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. They erected a beach umbrella on the grass an…
9 years, 8 months ago
Roots - The TV Series
The epic mini-series about slavery in the US hit TV screens in January 1977. We hear from actor Leslie Uggams, who played the character Kizzy, recall…
9 years, 8 months ago