Walking the Streets of London in the 1660s
Joad R. Wren explains how he found inspiration and truth in Ralph Agas's map of London
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The Medieval Art of Graham Turner
The artist Graham Turner casts an eye back to 1471 and one of the decisive moments of the Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Barnet
1950: Wind Tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
"Aerodynamic research into hypersonic speeds—perhaps in the region of 15,000 miles an hour—will ultimately be carried out"
From the Boy Who Never Grew Up to the Woman Who Lived with the Dead
Judith Flanders turns her attention on the Victorians' peculiar obsession with dying
1945: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
On 23 February 1945 one of the iconic photographs of the Second World War was taken on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Here it is in colour.
1949: The Chicago Theatre
The bright lights of the 'wonder theatre of the world' caught the attention of a young Stanley Kubrick
1924: The Death of Lenin
On 21 January 1924, the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died. Here's how the news was reported in Britain.
1900: Mulberry Street, New York
A glimpse into Manhattan's teeming streets at the turn of the twentieth century
1918: Inside Amiens Cathedral
A journalist describes a poignant service in a barricaded and subdued church