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How America Learned to Laugh Again
How soon is too soon to start making jokes?

Plastic: The Biography
Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.

Remember Oluwale
Reassessing a black man’s death and the trial of two policemen 50 years ago.

The Men in the White Coats
Professor Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture.

Nuremberg Remembered
William Shawcross on the legacy of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal.

Teen Spirit: Nevermind at 30
Douglas Coupland examines how Nirvana’s Nevermind changed the outlook of a generation.

Escaping 9/11
A look back at programmes and recordings from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archives.

The Greenham Effect
How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.

Jonathan Miller: Lost Memories
William Miller goes in search of answers to his famous father’s death from Alzheimer’s.

Well Hello: The Release of John McCarthy
30 years on, ex-hostage John McCarthy reflects on the day of his release.