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shortgirl2018

What Did The United States Do In Retaliation Against Iran?

Enter further question details here...They sent more troops to the area. They detained Iranian refugees. They froze the assets in the United States. They boycotted oil from the region....

vetuste_ennemi

Black And British: A Forgotten History

Anybody been watching this series on BBC4? Watched the second episode ("Freedom" - it was about the slave trade and emancipation) last night. Surprised (not for the first time) by how many things I...

wolf63

I Require Assistance...

Can anybody help me? I am trying to value postcards so that they can be sold online for Oxfam. I am down to the ones that ‘might’ be worth a little more money but I am ever so slightly out of my...

anotheoldgit

Some Wonderful Colour Photos Commemorating The 74Th Anniversary Of D-Day

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5806967/Allied-troops-storm-beaches-D-Day-invasion-brought-life-colour.html The most striking in my opinion was this one:...

Eleena

Joachim Martin ..

Happy mortal, when you read this I shall be no more. My story is short and sincere and frank, because none but you shall see my writing....

tiggerblue10

Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence

3 nights of programmes which started last night on Ch5. New excavations and MRI scans on some of the ash covered bodies have revealed some astonishing results. Heads up if anyone is interested in this...