Shakespeare’s Lost Years
Tinker? Tailor? Soldier? Spy? Howard Linskey looks back at the most mysterious phase of Shakespeare's life
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
József Debreczeni describes his arrival at the Auschwitz Extermination Camp in May 1944
1888: The Eiffel Tower: The Beauty and the Terror
The Parisian skyline was changing in a strange and stirring way in July 1888 when Gustave Eiffel led a tour of his majestic new tower
The Vatican, the War and the Pope's Secret Bank
Yvonnick Denoël takes us back to the Second World War and the Vatican's efforts to secure their wealth
1917: Johnny Reynolds, 'Human Fly', Thrills Crowd
On Wednesday 5 September 1917, the daredevil climber Johnny Reynolds performed in Washington D.C.
The Dispatch Edition #3: Patrick O'Brian, A Missing Ship & Antarctica
Week beginning January 6, 2025
A Very Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian
We look back at the life of the 'greatest historical novelist of all time'
Patria: Lost Countries of South America with Laurence Blair
South Americans are looking at their continent's history afresh, explains Laurence Blair
1941: Mill District, Pittsburgh
We search for the source of this classic image by one of twentieth century's great documentary photographers
The Dispatch Edition #2: Pittsburgh, Lord of the Flies & Drowned Villages
Week beginning December 2, 2024