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Unpicking the UN
The history and current challenges facing the UN
Korea: Two Countries, One Past
Why and how the Korean Peninsula came to be divided into North and South Korea
The Iliad: Beauty, brutes and battles
Why is Â鶹ԼÅÄr’s ancient Greek epic poem still so important?
Winner or Cheat? Doping in Sport
The inside story; swapped samples, state-sponsored doping and the battle for world sport
Thomas More's Utopia
Celebrating More's radical book and its political influence in the past and present
Cali-topia: a New Vision of Thomas More's Utopia?
Is Silicon Valley a template for our utopian future?
Fela Kuti: King of Afrobeat
The life and legacy of Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s maverick musical pioneer
The Powers of the American President
What does it take to do one of the most powerful jobs in the world?
The Silicon Chip: A Tech Revolution
The story of the development of the silicon chip
Goethe: The story of colour
How colour affects our mood and thoughts
Seven Samurai: A Japanese masterpiece
The global impact of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 groundbreaking action film
The birth of hip hop
The early years of rap and breakdancing in New York
The real story of Frankenstein
The origins, themes and continuing legacy of Mary Shelley’s gothic tale Frankenstein
Yellow fever: Man against mosquito
How we tamed one of the world's deadliest diseases, and why it's coming back
Beethoven: The genius rule breaker
Why Beethoven is so universally popular
Marie Curie: A pioneering life
The extraordinary life of the Polish scientist who changed the course of physics
The Magic of Bronze
Discover the amazing stories behind some of the world's greatest masterpieces in bronze
The KGB: Secrets and Spies
The story of the KGB
Haile Selassie: The last Emperor of Ethiopia
The life and legacy of the man who became ‘the Father of Africa’
Machiavelli - Master of Power
The life and reputation of Niccolò Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’
The Belle Epoque: A Golden Age?
Paris in the 19th Century when permissiveness mixed with political and creative optimism
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland
The story behind this weird and wonderful literary classic
How the metre changed the world
The universal unit of length that joined up the globe
Amelia Earhart: Trailblazer in the skies
The inspirational life of the celebrated American aviator
Taiwan: An Island History
An exploration of the island of Taiwan
The bittersweet tale of cocoa
The history of cacao in the Americas, from the Maya to the Aztecs
Telling the time: From sundials to satnav
A brief history of how we tell the time
Arthur Conan Doyle: The man behind Sherlock Holmes
The life of doctor and literary star Arthur Conan Doyle.
Childhood: From Toddlers to Teenagers
Through the ages and across the world, how have our ideas about childhood changed?
The Creation of Modern Canada
Exploring the Confederation of Canada in 1867
Indian Princely States
The lives of the Princes of India, their relationship with the British and legacy today