5th November 2010
The Hidden History of New York's Harbor
“Two surprising finds help scholars understand the source of the city’s wealth
2nd November 2010
Modern Art Was CIA 'Weapon'
“For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in the Cold War.
20th October 2010
Socrates – a Man For Our Times
“He was condemned to death for telling the ancient Greeks things they didn’t want to hear, but his views on consumerism and trial by media are just as relevant today
1st October 2010
28th September 2010
When Baghdad Was Centre of the Scientific World
“Islamic science had its heyday in the ninth century, thanks to Abū Ja’far al-Ma’mūn’s House of Wisdom, says Jim al-Khalili
23rd September 2010
America's True History of Religious Tolerance
“The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record
24th August 2010
21st June 2010
The Pony Rides Again (and Again)
“Although it ran only briefly 150 years ago, the Pony Express still defines our understanding of the Old West.
1st June 2010
Piecing Together the Dark Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police
“In the chaos of the days leading up to the actual destruction of the wall and the fall of East Germany’s communist government, frantic Stasi agents sent trucks full of documents to the Papierwolfs and Reisswolfs — literally “paper-wolves” and “rip-wolves,” German for shredders. […] There’s no way to know what bombshells those files hide. For a country still trying to come to terms with its role in World War II and its life under a totalitarian regime, that half-destroyed paperwork is a tantalizing secret.
