History

A group of Luton Airport dancers, holding light up sticks, with them crossed in front of their bodies, in a dance move. They are all wearing high-vis jackets and black trousers. White painted polls have been painted around then, to show a circle, like a henge.

Modern henge set to be built to celebrate community

Matthew Rosier says a new monument similar to Stonehenge may open before the 2025 summer solstice.

Beds, Herts & Bucks

An over the head and shoulder view of a boy of about five years old, with short dark hair and wearing a red jumper writing to Father Christmas. In his right hand is a red pencil and he is writing in red on white paper, which is resting on a pine table. His top line says dear Santa

From books to Barbie, how letters to Santa evolved

A folklore expert reveals the range of requests children have made to Santa over the decades.

England

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A screenshot of The Oregon Trail reading "You have died of dysentery." (Credit: Courtesy of HarperCollins Productions)

Oregon Trail: The video game that defined the US

The Oregon Trail was once the most widely distributed software in US schools. It gripped a generation and changed gaming forever, but debates rage on about the history it depicts.

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Future

Actress Kerry Washington is seen smiling on the set of the Six Triple Eight Film flanked by another actress

Forgotten battalion of black women celebrated in film

A new film tells the story of the women who solved a huge postal crisis during World War Two.

Birmingham & Black Country

Wall mural of author Gabriel García Márquez (Credit: Catherine Ellis)

The towns that inspired 100 Years of Solitude

As a new Netflix series thrusts Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece back into the spotlight, these are the real-life places that inspired the writer's magical realism.

Travel

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A plaque with a list of names. There are flowers scattered next to the plaque on the ground.

Plaque honours children who died during Bath Blitz

A man whose sister was killed in the Bath Blitz unveils a plaque remembering the children who died.

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Somerset

A small gathering of four men in suits and a woman in a black top and patterned scarf in a wood-panelled room

University restores historic Venetian record

The document records the activities of 14th Century merchants forging links with Asia.

Coventry & Warwickshire

Church of Saint Ignatius with red roses in the foreground, Gorizia (Credit: Getty Images)

Europe's first borderless Capital of Culture

In 1947, Gorizia was abruptly split between Italy and Slovenia. In 2025, the two towns will reunite as the first transnational European Capital of Culture.