Last of the Yahgans loses the race of life
Cristina Calderon, who has died aged 93, was the last full-blood descendant of the people observed by Charles Darwin when he reached the southernmost land on Earth.
Cristina Calderon, who has died aged 93, was the last full-blood descendant of the people observed by Charles Darwin when he reached the southernmost land on Earth.
President Nixon’s famous meeting with Chairman Mao was a curious affair that decided nothing – but it still changed the course of world history.
Television producer went from making tea for Spike Milligan to creating an international star of Benedict Cumberbatch.
East Germany was a nation saturated in spies – they were in every office, factory, school and university, and even families spied on themselves.
Various individuals and terror groups have sought to assassinate the Queen, with many of the more serious attempts on her life kept quiet for decades. Some very nearly succeeded.
The Australian National Maritime Museum says the Endeavour has unequivocally been identified in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island. But not everyone is as confident.
Hardy Kruger saw Jesse Owens at the Berlin Games and something unsettled him. Later he understood the full horror of Hitler.
The Sunbury Rock Festival is routinely described as Australia’s Woodstock; unifying the thoughts and frustrations of a politically charged generation. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When Ken and Baillieu Myer took control of the family business they revolutionised it – and their father’s short life showed them that they couldn’t waste a day.
Record companies and producers had no faith, but Meat Loaf stuck with his mate Jim Steinman on Bat Out Of Hell, and he was proved right.
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