First Draft

In 'First Draft', we revisit significant events in modern history and look at how they were reported in their immediate aftermath.

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A Mystery of the Sea

Whatever happened to those aboard the Mary Celeste?

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The Wreck of the Royal Charter

Our editor Peter Moore on how hundreds of people were lost in a disastrous shipwreck in 1859

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The Fire at the Houses of Parliament

In 1834 the home of British politics was destroyed on a dramatic autumnal night

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1924: The Death of Lenin

On 21 January 1924, the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died. Here's how the news was reported in Britain.