World War Two’s Rome escape line

How an Irish priest saved thousands of allied prisoners of war and Jews in Rome in WW2

• 10 mins

The woman born in a prisoner of war camp

The Sino-Indian war in 1962, left a lasting legacy on Indian families of Chinese descent

• 10 mins

Lonesome George: The celebrity tortoise

In 2012, Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his species died

• 10 mins

Ronald Reagan’s ‘Tear down this wall’ speech

In 1987 the US President called on the Soviet Union leader to take down the Berlin Wall

• 10 mins

The Schengen Agreement

In 1985, five European politicians agreed to scrap border checks between their countries

• 10 mins