Age of legends

Senkichi Awaya was sitting in his dining room at the mayor’s residence in Hiroshima as the clocked ticked round to 8.15am on 6 August 1945. His teenage son Shinobu, and granddaughter Ayako, refugees f

MUKDEN, MANCHURIA, CHINA 23 FEBRUARY – 10 MARCH 1905

Going all the way back to the beginning for a fresh start

A single-volume 2,500-year history

C.3000 BCE FIST FIRST Ancient Mesopotamia develops ...

It’s there beside the guildhall. A large grey stone surrounded by Victorian railings. Over the years, countless visitors to Kingston-upon-Thames have strolled past it, many barely registering its exis