Getting your audio player ready... The Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD brought with it dramatic social upheaval that…
Getting your audio player ready... Archaeologists working in Grenoble, France, have made a chilling discovery that sheds light on the brutal…
Getting your audio player ready... Many of the cuneiform tablets of Mesopotamia and hieroglyphs of Egypt make reference to the…
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When Indonesia’s former president Suharto died aged 86 in 2008, the nation began a week of mourning and conflicted reflection.…
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In the summer of 1967 thousands of young people descended on San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in search of sex, drugs,…
The prominence of the Dutch in global trade, combined with the industry of their press, made the 18th-century Dutch Republic…
In 2019 I travelled to Caen in Normandy to visit the Abbey of Holy Trinity and accidentally attended a baptism.…
Why Ghosts Haunt England at Christmas but Steer Clear of America A few years ago, the Downton Abbey Christmas special featured a…