A history of the world

Tue, 2009-12-29 12:16
Submitted by Dave Musgrove

This month we examine an ambitious new project – headed by the British Museum and the BBC – to tell ‘A history of the world in 100 objects’. We also reveal how an American scholar travelled around a shattered Europe to record the voices of Holocaust survivors in 1946, and we pay tribute to the pioneering scientists who founded the Royal Society 350 years ago. You can also read about the dawn of the steam age and discover why Winston Churchill came to the aid of London’s roller skaters.

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Dave Musgrove

David Musgrove is editor of BBC History Magazine.

 

 

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