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To the casual observer, there is nothing remarkable about the crowd gathered in a convention room at a central Birmingham hotel. Middle managers on a staff team-building exercise, perhaps. But their conversations give them away. The clique in the corner discussing the moon landings. The man at the …
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Sarah Anne Johnson had always known the broad strokes of her maternal grandmother’s story. In 1956, Velma Orlikow checked herself into a renowned Canadian psychiatric hospital, the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, hoping for help with postpartum depression. She was in and out of the clinic for …
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There was the three-hour presentation which contended that the universe is a giant egg. There was the Manchester musician who posited that the Earth is the shape of a diamond. And another who believes that the moon is a projection. Welcome to the Flat Earth UK Convention, a raucous departure from …
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Charles Thomas was a rising star at the state department in the early 1960s, a career diplomat who had served across Latin America and Africa. His colleagues were convinced he would earn the rank of ambassador. They agreed that the tall, jut-jawed, preppy, handsome Thomas – described by colleagues …
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Government documents newly released on Friday regarding the assassination of President John F Kennedy say allegations that Lee Harvey Oswald was connected to the CIA were “totally unfounded”. Files will shed light on a JFK shooting conspiracy – but not the one you think A 1975 CIA memo says a …
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We’re wrapping up this live blog now. Read our latest news story here: New JFK files reveal FBI warning on Oswald and Soviets’ missile fears And our at-a-glance guide to the key revelations so far is here: JFK documents: what we have learned so far The FBI were trying to track Lee Harvey Oswald …
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Standing between beds of golden beets and elephant garlic in the garden of Lincoln Hills, a small organic farm in Placer County, California, Tammi Riedl looks up and points to a stripe of white haze running across a cloudless blue sky. “See that?” she asks, raising her eyebrows. “What do you think …
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There have been numerous brilliant documentaries made since 9/11, about the day nearly 3,000 people were killed in the largest ever terrorist attack on US soil, and its aftermath. Fifteen years on, if broadcasters had an ounce of courage or grace they would just rerun the best of them to mark each …
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Spoiler alert: this article discusses the plot of season one of Stranger Things. With its blend of 1980s nostalgia, pesky kids on BMXs, Stephen King-style small town horror and pulsing synth soundtrack, Stranger Things has been one of the TV hits of the summer. But just as strange as its plot about …
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As a public health researcher who examines sensitive subjects such as sexual health and teenage pregnancy, Stephen Peckham is used to robust debate. But when his research questioned whether cities should be adding fluoride to their drinking water, Peckham, director of the Centre for Health Service …
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