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More than 600m Euros already pledged in massive fundraising drive to rebuild Notre Dame. But with an estimated cost of several billion pounds more will be needed. Much money has…

Borussia Dortmund the famous German club shows us how football needs to fight racism and extremism. Back in 2008 the football club offered supporters educational trips to Dachau, which was…

An ancient seal with the name of a court official dating 2,600 years old discovered in Jerusalem. The engraving reads – belonging to Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King. Dating from…

The Spanish Civil War may have finished eighty years ago today, but Spain is still healing from the deep wounds. April 1st 1939, General Francisco Franco announced that his fascist…

Beyoncé And Jay-Z’s Brit Awards 2019 Tribute To Meghan Markle Not present at this years Brit awards but iconic in presence Beyoncé and Jay Z gave us one of the…

Spanish Flu made its first appearance in 1918; soldiers returning from World War 1 brought the virus home to their countries with them. In 1920 in New York City over…

Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire Ash Sarkar spoke to Akala about the white working class, conscious rap and politics, Britishness and his new book Natives: Race and…

Watching a report on France24 detailing how local shops in the highstreet are closing down.  This is an issue that affects France but also many other countries including the USA…

Diana Heath, Senior Metals Conservator at the V&A, describes the challenges of treating the Wolsey Angels – rare examples of copper figures created for the English Tudor court at the…

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