Saturday, December 31, 2011

History and Fashion - BBC

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History often harks back to dazzling moments rather than day-to-day drabness, argues historian Lisa Jardine. 2011 will be remembered as the ...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Frank Wild in final journey out of Shackleton's shadowBy Karen Bowerman - BBC 29 Dec 2011

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Frank Wild was the right-hand man to Sir Ernest Shackleton, joining him on several of his Antarctic expeditions. But is he finally stepping ...

China: Tens of thousands of ruins 'disappear' - BBC 30 Dec 2011

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China says about 44,000 ancient ruins, temples and other cultural sites have disappeared. That's the conclusion of the country's fir...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Human zoos: When real people were exhibits By Hugh Schofield 27 Dec 2011

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Human zoos: When real people were exhibitsBy Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris An exhibition in Paris looks at the history of so-called human z...

Obituary: Vaclav Havel Vaclav Havel: Engineer of the Velvet Revolution - BBC 18 Dec 2011

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For Vaclav Havel, and for his people, everything changed in 1989, the year of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution, when he led the extrao...

How Germany's feared Scharnhorst ship was sunk in WWIIBy Claire Bowes BBC 26 Dec 2011

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On 26 December 1943 one of the great sea battles of World War II took place. Germany's most famous battleship - the Scharnhorst - was su...

Canadian soldier's Christmas with D-Day hero Lord Lovat - BBC News, 25 Dec 2011

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Canadian soldier's Christmas with D-Day hero Lord Lovat Patrick Hennessy was posted to Scotland during World War II Continue reading the...