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The Tanker War
Surviving a deadly attack on a merchant ship in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war
London's first black policeman
In 1967 Norwell Roberts became the first Black officer in the Metropolitan police
Britain's World War Two 'Brown Babies'
The stigma of growing up as a mixed race child in post-war Britain.
A Somali sailor in 1920s Britain
How Ibrahim Ismaa'il escaped poverty in Somalia to live in the British countryside.
The unlawful death of Christopher Alder
The black former soldier choked to death on the floor of a British police station in 1998
Clyde Best - A black footballing pioneer
The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football
Winning the Arabic Booker prize
Saudi author Raja Alem was the first woman to win the prestigious international award
Colin Jordan and the British Nazi rally
The teacher who formed Britain's Nazi party and the antifascists who fought against them.
The story of 'Baby Jessica'
When a toddler fell down a well in Texas she became the centre of a media storm
The Pakistani law that jailed rape survivors
In the 1980s, a horrific rape case galvanised the women's rights movement in Pakistan.
The doctor killed by an anti-abortion extremist
American anti-abortion extremists began killing doctors in the 1990s.
The first transgender minister in the Church of England
Sarah Jones is the first person who had made a gender change to be ordained by the C of E
The mysterious death of Samora Machel
Many suspected foul play when Mozambique's socialist leader was killed in a plane crash
Polish refugees in Africa
How Polish women and children found refuge in African countries during WW2
The Greenham Common women's peace camp
Throughout the 80s women protested against nuclear weapons which were held at the UK base
Britain’s lesbian families ‘scandal’
A media storm about lesbian mothers caused a heated national debate in 1970s Britain.
Proving climate change: the 'Keeling Curve'
The US scientist who began recording carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 1958
The world's first environment conference
Countries first tried to tackle the damage humans are doing to the planet in 1972
How the world woke up to climate change
A scientist delivered a direct message to US politicians about climate change in 1988
The child climate activist of the 1990s
Severn Cullis-Suzuki was 12 when she spoke to world leaders at the UN Earth Summit in Rio
Kilimanjaro: Africa’s disappearing glaciers
In the past 100 years, 90% of the glacial ice at the top of Kilimanjaro has disappeared
The miracle of walking
The doctor who revolutionised the treatment of 'club foot' - rejecting invasive surgery
Judgement at Nuremberg
It is 75 years since verdicts were delivered on leading German Nazis at Nuremberg
The enduring legend of Fu Manchu
The evil criminal mastermind Fu Manchu was a recurring film character for decades
The end of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising
On November 4th 1956 Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest crushing the anti-Soviet uprising
When Eritrea silenced its critics
How a journalist tried to escape Eritrea's historic crackdown on critics and the press
Britain's Black Schools
The alternative schools for black British children set up to counter racist attitudes.
Chanel No. 5
One of the world's most famous perfumes was launched in 1921
Spying in Berlin
At the height of the Cold War Berlin was known as the spy capital of the world.
The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian
How the killing of a female footballer got South Africa talking about ‘corrective rape’.
Kuwaiti oil fires of 1991
As the first Gulf War ended, retreating Iraqi forces set light to oil wells in the desert
