Acclaimed British author Richard Cohen’s new book on historians is cancelled in the US amid backlash at him for ‘not including enough black academics’ Author Richard Cohen is writing new 780-page book called ‘The History Makers’ Publisher Random House concerned it did not contain enough black academics Mr Cohen, 75, wrote extra 18,000 words after … Read more
Acclaimed British author Richard Cohen’s new book on historians is cancelled in the US amid backlash at him for ‘not including enough black academics’ Author Richard Cohen is writing new 780-page book called ‘The History Makers’ Publisher Random House concerned it did not contain enough black academics Mr Cohen, 75, wrote extra 18,000 words after … Read more
Divers who discovered the wreckage of a military plane stolen by a homesick US airmen believe they are about to finally solve a 52-year mystery over what caused his crash into the English Channel. USAF mechanic Sergeant Paul Meyer, who had been stationed in the UK, took the Hercules from RAF Mildenhall in a desperate … Read more
Divers who discovered the wreckage of a military plane stolen by a homesick US airmen believe they are about to finally solve a 52-year mystery over what caused his crash into the English Channel. USAF mechanic Sergeant Paul Meyer, who had been stationed in the UK, took the Hercules from RAF Mildenhall in a desperate … Read more
Historians have criticised the BBC for an ‘unbalanced’ News At Ten report claiming Churchill was responsible for the ‘mass killing’ of up to three million people in the 1943 Bengal Famine. A section broadcast on Tuesday examined how modern Indians view the wartime prime minster as part of a series on Britain’s colonial legacy, and … Read more
Historians have weighed in on Trump’s picks for his new National Garden of American Heroes, branding the president’s choices as ‘odd’ and ‘inappropriate’, amid nationwide protests calling for the toppling of Confederate statues. During a rabble-rousing speech at Mount Rushmore on Friday, Trump announced an executive order to create the new monument honoring ‘the greatest … Read more
Smoking is a leading cause of death worldwide. So, it’s hard to believe that in centuries gone by it was used as a medicine. Only in the past 70 years have the dangers to our health been recognised, after hundreds of years of tobacco being used to cure everything from asthma to the plague. The … Read more