Friday Apr 13th, 2012

Everyday people aboard the Titanic

By John Welshman
It was Walter Lord in A Night to Remember (1955) who described the sinking of the Titanic as ‘the last night of a small town’. Titanic: The Last Night of a Small Town, draws on Lord’s metaphor by focusing on the stories of just 12 people, chosen as a representative cross-section of passengers and crew. read more »

Thursday May 17th, 2012

Montréal is founded

May 17, 1642
Wednesday May 16th, 2012

How did Rome last so long?

Why each age finds new questions to ask about the Roman Empire.
Wednesday May 9th, 2012

Timeliness, timelessness, and the boy with no birthdays

On J.M. Barrie’s birthday, Geraldine McCaughrean talks Peter Pan, Captain Scott, and the (ir)relevance of anniversaries
Friday May 4th, 2012

Why are Russians attracted to strong leaders?

Putin, Russia today, and yearning for a strong and just state
Wednesday
May 2nd, 2012

Osama bin Laden killed

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Wednesday
Apr 25th, 2012

Scientists identify DNA

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Thursday
Apr 19th, 2012

Captain Cook sights Australia

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Sunday
Apr 15th, 2012

Images from the Titanic Disaster

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Wednesday
Apr 11th, 2012

The rise and decline of the American ‘Empire’

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Friday
Mar 16th, 2012

Magellan reaches the Philippines

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Wednesday
Feb 15th, 2012

The real lessons of the Cuban Cold War crisis

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Wednesday
Jan 11th, 2012

Algeria’s televised coup d’état

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Tuesday
Jan 10th, 2012

United Nations General Assembly meets for first time

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Friday
Dec 30th, 2011

Soviet Union proclaimed… and dissolved

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Friday
Dec 9th, 2011

Alfred Nobel dies

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