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September 2022

  • Thousands of people gathered outside the Buckingham Palace in central London after the announcement of death of Queen Elizabeth II

    Tributes on death of Queen Elizabeth – as it happened

    Reaction as the UK’s longest serving monarch dies aged 96

June 2022

  • Community organisers need status and micro-budgets to get things moving

    Social enterprise blog
    The truth about being a community organiser

    They need trust, status and money, says community organiser Marie Osborne

April 2021

  • Prince Philip at an event in Windsor in July 2020.

    Prince Philip: tributes paid to Duke of Edinburgh after death aged 99

    Prince Philip has died at 99. Follow the latest updates as the royal family and people around the world react to his death

July 2020

  • Olivia de Havilland, ca. 1942<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Everett/REX/Shutterstock (1898190a) Olivia de Havilland, ca. 1942 Olivia de Havilland, ca. 1942

    Olivia de Havilland: Hollywood’s queen of radiant calm

    The Gone With the Wind star, known for her lifelong feud with her sister as much as the bewitching brilliance of her acting, and the last link to Hollywood’s golden age

April 2020

  • ‘Poor old Gazza. He has been the star of England’s tournament’

    England v West Germany at Italia '90 – as it happened

    Retro MBM: The BBC are replaying the World Cup semi-final in full online at 3pm BST on Sunday. Why not read along with Rob Smyth and Scott Murray?

March 2020

  • Dick Francis and Devon Loch

    The joy of six
    From the archive: The Joy of Six — Great Grand National moments

    Greg Wood, Ron Cox, Chris Cook and Tony Paley: From the agony of Crisp to Foinavon’s 100-1 win, here are half a dozen memorable milestones in the story of Aintree’s showpiece

February 2020

  • Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory

    Film blog
    Kirk Douglas: a career in clips

    After a career as one of Hollywood’s most distinguished performers, the actor Kirk Douglas has died. Here we look back at some of his finest moments, from Paths of Glory to Ace in the Hole

January 2020

  • Kobe Bryant left the NBA as the league’s third highest scorer.

    Sportblog
    Kobe Bryant: six classic moments that made him great

    The Lakers legend, who died on Sunday, delivered five championships and countless brilliant plays. We run down some moments to savor from his career

April 2019

  • Carlos Kaiser, Gaúcho and Renato Gaúcho

    The forgotten story of...
    The forgotten story of ... Carlos Kaiser, football's greatest conman

    A new film tells the story of Carlos Kaiser, who was one of the most famous footballers in Brazil for over 20 years – even though he had no intention of ever kicking a ball

March 2019

  • Raindrops are seen on a vehicle’s window as a woman walks by using an umbrella.

    Notes & Theories
    Can't stand the rain? How wet weather affects human behaviour

    Rainfall can affect our mood, our propensity to commit crime and how hungry we feel – but why?

January 2019

  • Earl Schruggs

    Music blog
    Why Earl Scruggs was the Beethoven of the banjo

    Emma John: A trip to North Carolina to study bluegrass yielded this lesson: Earl Scruggs was the greatest there ever was

May 2018

  • Cruyff At World Cup

    World Cup stunning moments
    World Cup stunning moments: the Cruyff Turn is born in 1974

  • 1966 World Cup Final

    World Cup stunning moments
    World Cup stunning moments: the 1966 World Cup

  • World Cup moment: Patrick Battiston

    World Cup stunning moments
    World Cup stunning moments: Patrick Battiston loses his teeth

  • Rudi Voller and Frank Rijkaard

    World Cup stunning moments
    World Cup stunning moments: Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler

  • World Cup stunning moments
    World Cup stunning moments: El Salvador humiliated in Spain

  • World Cup stunning moments
    World Cup stunning moments: France implode in South Africa

  • Bike blog
    The guerrilla cyclists solving urban transport problems

  • Bike blog
    The guerrilla cyclists solving urban transport problems

  • World Cup stunning moments
    World Cup stunning moments: Ronaldo falters as France win

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