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Colin Jordan and the British Nazi rally

The teacher who formed Britain's Nazi party and the antifascists who fought against them.

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The story of 'Baby Jessica'

When a toddler fell down a well in Texas she became the centre of a media storm

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The Pakistani law that jailed rape survivors

In the 1980s, a horrific rape case galvanised the women's rights movement in Pakistan.

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The doctor killed by an anti-abortion extremist

American anti-abortion extremists began killing doctors in the 1990s.

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The first transgender minister in the Church of England

Sarah Jones is the first person who had made a gender change to be ordained by the C of E

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The mysterious death of Samora Machel

Many suspected foul play when Mozambique's socialist leader was killed in a plane crash

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Polish refugees in Africa

How Polish women and children found refuge in African countries during WW2

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The Greenham Common women's peace camp

Throughout the 80s women protested against nuclear weapons which were held at the UK base

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Britain’s lesbian families ‘scandal’

A media storm about lesbian mothers caused a heated national debate in 1970s Britain.

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Proving climate change: the 'Keeling Curve'

The US scientist who began recording carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 1958

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The world's first environment conference

Countries first tried to tackle the damage humans are doing to the planet in 1972

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How the world woke up to climate change

A scientist delivered a direct message to US politicians about climate change in 1988

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The child climate activist of the 1990s

Severn Cullis-Suzuki was 12 when she spoke to world leaders at the UN Earth Summit in Rio

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Kilimanjaro: Africa’s disappearing glaciers

In the past 100 years, 90% of the glacial ice at the top of Kilimanjaro has disappeared

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The miracle of walking

The doctor who revolutionised the treatment of 'club foot' - rejecting invasive surgery

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Judgement at Nuremberg

It is 75 years since verdicts were delivered on leading German Nazis at Nuremberg

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The enduring legend of Fu Manchu

The evil criminal mastermind Fu Manchu was a recurring film character for decades

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The end of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising

On November 4th 1956 Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest crushing the anti-Soviet uprising

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When Eritrea silenced its critics

How a journalist tried to escape Eritrea's historic crackdown on critics and the press

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Britain's Black Schools

The alternative schools for black British children set up to counter racist attitudes.

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Chanel No. 5

One of the world's most famous perfumes was launched in 1921

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Spying in Berlin

At the height of the Cold War Berlin was known as the spy capital of the world.

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The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian

How the killing of a female footballer got South Africa talking about ‘corrective rape’.

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Kuwaiti oil fires of 1991

As the first Gulf War ended, retreating Iraqi forces set light to oil wells in the desert

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Shoot: A milestone in performance art

In November 1971, Chris Burden asked a friend to shoot him in the name of art

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The capture of war criminal Radovan Karadzic

How Serbia finally caught one of Europe's most wanted men in Belgrade in 2008.

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

How a particular form of psychotherapy became popular for treating anxiety and depression

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Sudan's October Revolution

How Sudanese civilian protesters first brought down a military regime in 1964

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Russia’s Democracy pioneer

Galina Starovoitova, the murdered politician who championed democracy in '90s Russia

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The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt

The story behind one of Klimt's most famous paintings

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