November 2009 - Vol 10 - No 11

The Berlin Wall

Twenty years after the great icon of the Cold War was dismantled, Patrick Major reports on how the Berlin Wall was stealthily erected in 1961

Survivors of the First World War

Peter Hart reveals how soldiers reacted to news of the armistice - and what greeted them when they returned to Britain

The first Remembrance Day

Fiona Reid analyses how Britain honoured the millions who perished in the First World War on 11 November 1919

The battle of Quiberon Bay

Jeremy Black tells the story of a great naval clash off the coast of France in 1759 when the Royal Navy scuppered French plans to launch an invasion of Britain

Gunpowder Plot

We visit nine places connected to the infamous treason of 5 November 1605

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Tuesday 27th October 2009
Issue Number: 
119
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