Tag: History
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Loading…Marvin Gaye: ‘I was terribly disillusioned with life’
To mark the 30th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s death on 1 April, here’s a rare interview from Disc and Music Echo from 1971 between Phil Symes and the musician, from Rock’s Backpages
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The Good Traitor
The Nazis feared journalist Carl von Ossietzky so much they sent him to a concentration camp. Could winning the Nobel Peace Prize save his life?
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The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen
From a dying adviser to a clumsy editorial, the Revolution was a cascade of accidents and oversights.
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The Greatest Game Ever Played Behind Barbed Wire
Imprisoned in a WWII internment camp, these Japanese-American teens held tight to their love for America’s pastime—building a diamond in the desert, and fielding a championship team for the ages.
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The Curious Case of Nebraska Man
A fossil tooth, a splashy debate, and a strange chapter in America’s long history of science denialism.
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The best evidence yet Queen Victoria had a secret “marriage”
For over a century, rumors about Queen Victoria’s affair with her servant John Brown have persisted. Now a historian says she has proof.