The Shame and the Glory of Paris in 1944 with Patrick Bishop
On the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris in August 1944, we talk to Patrick Bishop about a complex episode in French history
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The Summer of 69 (Part 2 of 2)
The Moon landings gave the summer of 1969 its defining story. But elsewhere in the world many other events of consequence were playing out
The Summer of 69 (Part 1 of 2)
The Moon landings gave the summer of 1969 its defining story. But elsewhere in the world many other events of consequence were playing out
The Origins of the Culture War with James Shapiro
The origins of today's Culture Wars can be found in the 1930s, argues James Shapiro
Double Crossing Hitler
Taylor Downing on the campaign of deception and disinformation that preceded D-Day in 1944
Welcome to the Migrants' Supper Club
A visit to her ancestral home in Samarkand inspired Or Rosenboim to establish a dining club on her return to London
The Ghosts That Haunt the British Museum with Noah Angell
Writer Noah Angell on the ghosts of the British Museum
Anna May Wong's Performance of a Lifetime
Katie Gee Salisbury takes us to London in 1928, as Anna May Wong prepared to give the performance of her life
Herbert Ponting's Photographs of Antarctica in Colour
Colourised and remastered images from Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition
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"
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