The Vatican, the War and the Pope's Secret Bank
Yvonnick Denoël takes us back to the Second World War and the Vatican's efforts to secure their wealth
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1917: Johnny Reynolds, 'Human Fly', Thrills Crowd
On Wednesday 5 September 1917, the daredevil climber Johnny Reynolds performed in Washington D.C.
The Dispatch Edition #3: Patrick O'Brian, A Missing Ship & Antarctica
Week beginning January 6, 2025
A Very Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian
We look back at the life of the 'greatest historical novelist of all time'
Patria: Lost Countries of South America with Laurence Blair
South Americans are looking at their continent's history afresh, explains Laurence Blair
1941: Mill District, Pittsburgh
We search for the source of this classic image by one of twentieth century's great documentary photographers
The Dispatch Edition #2: Pittsburgh, Lord of the Flies & Drowned Villages
Week beginning December 2, 2024
Our Favourite History Books of 2024
From Paris to India, King Richard II to the Commonwealth of England
The Dispatch Edition #1: Shipwrecks, The Armistice & Haunted Museums
Week beginning November 18, 2024
Martha Dodd: A Yank in the KGB
Brendan McNally describes the strange sequence of events that took a girl from Chicago to Nazi Berlin