5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (441+ words) Podcaster, author and comedian Andrew Hunter Murray revisits one of the most extraordinary media deceptions of the 20th century in a new ten-part series from The History Podcast, The Hitler Diaries Scandal, available on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4 from Monday…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1732+ words) For nearly 30 years, part of Sonoma was ruled by Tsarist Russia, and it played a pivotal – if little-known – role in shaping the US. It's a pretty, two-hour drive north from San Francisco to Крѣпость Россъ. After slicing through the Golden…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (608+ words) An old nuclear bunker in the suburbs of south Belfast is now protecting paperwork rather than people. Built in 1953 at the start of the Cold War, its windowless rooms are now home to more than a million government pictures and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (549+ words) A statue of an Army general who upheld slavery will be left without a sword when it is returned to public viewing in Glasgow. Returning the weapon to the restored Sir John Moore monument in the city's George Square would…...