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Pathetic or peripatetic? You decide, as Tim Moore follows in the footsteps of a travelling trailblazer.
Frederick Taylor uncovers some ugly truths behind the bombing of a beautiful city.
Combining history with mystery, Neil Steinberg tests the widely held belief that JFK killed the American hat business.
A jaunt through the literary landmarks of Ireland's wacky, witty, wordy-wise capital city.
Some estimates suggest there was one Stasi informer for every six East German citizens.
The BBC celebrates half a century of reporting the serious, the sublime and the silly.