The Munich Air Crash
On February 6th, 1958, the BEA aircraft carrying the players and staff of Manchester United football team crashed shortly after taking off at Munich airport. Richard Cavendish describes the accident.
Volume 58 Issue 2 February 2008
Baghdad Sacked by the Mongols
The Siege of Baghdad ended on February 10th 1258.
Saint Bernadette’s First Vision at Lourdes
Saint Marie-Bernarde Soubirous saw the first of her 18 'visions' in Lourdes on 11 February 1858.
Radical East Anglia
Peter Clark celebrates some of the ‘awkward squad’ associated with eastern England.
The Sound of the Eminent Victorians
Walter Harris introduces the retired soldier who brought sound recording to Britain.
The Roman Doctor Will See You Now
Anthea Gerrie explores a remarkable excavation, a Roman surgeon’s house in Rimini.