When a routine procedure went wrong in October 1957, a fire broke out at the Windscale nuclear power station in Cumbria, UK.

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The Nazis loved the Bayeux Tapestry. They loved it so much that they tried (and failed) to steal it away to Germany at the ...

To Athens, where Alice Roberts visits the Sanctuary of Dionysus. Here, it’s said, a man called Thespis gave the world’s first theatrical performance. She also learns about the role of performance in ...