2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (342+ words) Animals died in their thousands in the Great War, but they also served as morale-boosters to weary and half-broken men: not just the faithful dogs and horses, but goats, pigs and even a baboon. Corporal Jackie, who served with the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1264+ words) David Kravette would have died alongside every colleague working on his floor at the World Trade Center had it not been for one simple mistake. The Cantor Fitzgerald bond trader arrived at work around 7am on September 11, 2001, and took the elevators…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (606+ words) A council is demanding that its residents be offered priority booking to view the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum. Canterbury City Council in Kent said: 'Such an offer is available to the people of Hastings and Rother due to…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1766+ words) The first problem daycare teacher Tara Jones had to deal with when she arrived at work that September morning was the air-conditioning. The unit had been playing up for days, so she assumed it was only a matter of time…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (529+ words) For the first time in almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on British soil for a special exhibition at the British Museum.The intricately worked 70-metre-long tapestry tells the epic story of William the Conqueror's bloody conquest of England…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (501+ words) It provides 'source-grounded narratives' for pupils to interrogate and asks them to divide into teams to argue one position, before switching to argue the other. They are then asked to reach their own conclusion by 'separating scrutiny from allegiance'. The…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (119+ words) British filmmaker Paul Berriff was shooting a documentary in New York on September 11, 2001, when he found himself at the epicentre of Ground Zero. 'I was knocked unconscious and I thought I was going to die': My 9/11 story of survival: PAUL…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (761+ words) When it comes to ancient stone structures, Stonehenge is usually the first landmark to spring to mind. But over in Yorkshire, another prehistoric monument has left scientists stumped for centuries. The Devil's Arrows is a set of three huge stones…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago   (737+ words) In the early 20th century, the world was a steaming mess. Rapid industrialisation, political upheaval and unfettered colonial expansion led to the senseless slaughter of the First World War and to monarchies toppling. Nations were contorting themselves to fit into the…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1102+ words) A stocky, battle–scarred man who lived through one of the most dramatic periods in English history has been brought back to life nearly 1,000 years after his death. Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a man who survived the…...