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Robert Fisk: Survival of the neutral - Ireland's Second World War
On 11 November 1939, Irish diplomat Francis Cremins cabled home to Dublin from neutral Switzerland that his host country was taking steps to strengthen its defences against air attack. "I am told that at Berne ... the view prevails that this country need not feel too anxious so long as Italy refrains from entering the war on the German side."
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Friday, 3 December 2010
For 150 years, ordinary women have delighted in offering household tips to strangers. Alice-Azania Jarvis learns from the original domestic goddesses.
A Day That Shook The World: Cold War officially ends
Friday, 3 December 2010
On 3 December 1989 the Cold War ‘officially’ ended when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met with US president George Bush aboard a Soviet ship docked at Malta’s Marsaxlokk harbour.
Census records of 275,000 people released for the first time
Friday, 26 November 2010
Census records detailing the lives of around 275,000 people which were rendered illegible in floods more than 100 years ago have been transcribed and published online for the first time.
A Day That Shook The World: John F. Kennedy assassinated
Monday, 22 November 2010
On 22 November at approximately 12.30pm the thirty-fifth President of the United States John F. Kennedy was shot during a public parade in Dallas, Texas.
Yale set to return 4,000 Inca treasures to Peru
Monday, 22 November 2010
As Peru counts down to the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Machu Picchu by the American explorer Hiram Bingham, thousands of artefacts taken from the breathtaking lost city of the Incas could soon be returned to the country.
Ball bearings 'used at Stonehenge'
Friday, 19 November 2010
Neolithic engineers may have used ball bearings in the construction of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, claim experts from the University of Exeter.
A Day That Shook The World: Windsor Castle fire
Friday, 19 November 2010
On 20 November 1992 the home of the British monarchy for nearly 1,000 years burst into flames destroying nine rooms, injuring one and risking priceless artworks.
Stonehenge mystery could rest on ball bearings
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Neolithic engineers may have used ball bearings in the construction of Stonehenge, it was claimed today.
Roman settlement found on historic estate
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
A Roman settlement brimming with ancient artefacts and human remains has been unearthed on a building site in west London, it was revealed today.
Slaughter by moonlight: the Coventry blitz
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Martin King, brought up in a city rebuilt after wartime devastation, reflects on the Moonlight Sonata raid's 70th anniversary
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