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The former Reagan speechwriter and Pulitzer Prize winner brought a devout Roman Catholicism, an abundance of wit, and a wealth of insight to... Read More

The American long rifle was a legendarily accurate weapon in the hands of dead-eye frontier marksmen during the Revolutionary War. Read More

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941 with the largest army ever assembled. The Axis offensive... Read More

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe forever. Read More

Historians consider Gordievsky one of the era’s most important spies. Read More

A forgotten Nixon-era negotiation offers urgent lessons for our new age of economic warfare. Read More

A male heir might have saved Queen Mary’s reign, and changed the shape of global Catholicism for good. Read More

"Internet cult" Heaven's Gate is seared in the memory of the '90s public for the fact that 39 members committed suicide wearing matching... Read More

In 1966, a computer dating service organised a party for single people in New York. Decades before Tinder, the BBC's Tomorrow's World was... Read More

The Japanese sakura trees made their way to America's capital with help from a few unlikely adventurers and advocates. Read More

Officials have considered balancing efficiency with providing quality care and listening to veterans essential. Read More

Fears of Communism during the Cold War spurred psychological research, pop culture hits, and unethical experiments in the CIA Read More

Inked-up mummies reveal that, far from a modern phenomenon, humans have been getting tattoos for thousands of years. Read More

Invaders, predators, barbarians – the Vikings are often portrayed merely as one-dimensional warriors whose achievements include little more... Read More

The bone fragments belong to an extinct species of human who lived 1.4 million years ago. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Dinosaurs, Carl Sagan, and nuclear war. There was a moment in the not-so-distant past when we learned what drove the dinosaurs extinct... Read More

March 17, 1955. The suspension of hockey player Maurice “Rocket” Richard sends the city of Montreal into uproar, sparking the... Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn all about medieval Venetian traveller Marco Polo. Read More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman so important that two Tudor royals married her. Read More

The book is divided into twelve chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of the Pharos, better known as the Lighthouse of Alexandria.... Read More

A fascinating, exciting history of how the agency smuggled subversive books across the iron curtain Read More

They're among the greatest spells we have: words. Read More

World War 2 movies are exciting, but the realistic ones dive into more emotions than just thrills. Read More

Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United Kingdom. Read More

Navy saw a need for beach landings in WWII, it began an elite Special Warfare force. Read More

It was on March 16 1968 that the My Lai massacre took place in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province where hundreds of Vietnamese civilians,... Read More

Richard Stratton’s long life was marked by faith in God, devotion to family, love of country, and fidelity to traditions honoring naval... Read More

The 250th of Independence kicks off with Patrick Henry this Sunday. Read More

Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry’s influence. But the politician also served in key roles in... Read More

The Virginia delegate may have spoken those words on March 23, 1775, but some historians doubt it. And at least two other men deserve credit... Read More

Anyone who has lived in this decade can tell you that the United States of America has had some hard days. During another bitter election... Read More

For decades, the NCAA vigorously opposed sports gambling. Now, March Madness is one of the most bet-on sporting events. Read More

After being sent to the Nazi death camp in 1943, Anita Lasker survived by playing in its women's orchestra. In 1996, she spoke to the BBC... Read More

Was it the mob? A coup? Cuban dissidents? War hawks? Over 60 years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the theories are still... Read More

The US was a world leader in refugee resettlement. Trump stopped all that with one executive order. What does the end of refugee resettlement... Read More

As president, Dwight D. Eisenhower took a moderate position on many issues, believing that “good judgment seeks balance and... Read More

In his 1913 study Krieg und Kapitalismus (“War and Capitalism”), economist Werner Sombart argues that the... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More