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Birman cat: the white-gloved breed with a gentle, affectionate temperament

A Birman walks into a room and settles beside you, not on top of you. It is one of the quieter ways a cat can make its preference for company known, and it is one of the clearest things that separates this breed from most others. Where the Birman comes…

Times Pets · 12h ago

Kraków, Wrocław, Prague: One Rail Route, Three Cities Worth the Detour

The train from Kraków to Prague takes roughly seven hours with one change at Wrocław, and that change is not a nuisance, it is the whole point. Three cities, two countries, one corridor of Central Europe that most itineraries split into separate trips. Done together, they form a single argument:…

Times Life · Oct 29

Elsie MacGill overcame polio to lead Hurricane aircraft production

Elsie MacGill became one of Canada’s most influential engineers at a time when women faced considerable barriers in technical professions. After contracting polio and losing the ability to walk, she returned to engineering and took on a major role in producing Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft during the Second World War.…

The Times of India · Oct 28

Britain’s Dambusters airfield became a sand quarry and is now a nature reserve

Woodhall Spa Airfield was established in 1942 and served as a key RAF base during World War II. It hosted several squadrons, most notably the 617 'Dambusters' Squadron that carried out the famous dam raids. After the war, the site became a sand and gravel quarry before being purchased for…

The Times of India · Oct 9

Paul Allen’s research vessel found USS Indianapolis 5,500 metres below the Pacific

Paul Allen's research vessel Petrel was built to monitor Norwegian offshore oil and gas infrastructure, but it went on to find some of the best-known ships lost in the Second World War. According to a Navy News Service report, Petrel's expedition crew located the wreck of USS Indianapolis, a ship…

The Times of India · Oct 6

Green Party’s ‘Zionism is racism’ policy worse than anything under Corbyn, antisemitism tsar warns

Exclusive: Lord Mann claimed the way some of the party’s members were being treated was ‘unprecedented in Westminster since the Second World War’

The Independent UK · Oct 6

London mansion concealed a secret WWII listening post for decades

A grand mansion in north London once housed a secret wartime intelligence operation, and that history has now been opened to the public. Trent Park House of Secrets in Enfield, within Trent Country Park, opened on 21 July 2026, according to the museum's announcement of the opening date. During the…

The Times of India · Oct 2

This Scottish island spent nearly 50 years under quarantine after WWII tests

For decades, Gruinard Island was a place most people were better off avoiding. The small, uninhabited island off Scotland's north-west coast had acquired an unusual reputation during and after the Second World War, when stories circulated locally about dead animals, strange military activity and something dangerous left behind. The government…

The Times of India · Oct 2

British military return to remote islands for first time since Second World War

ROYAL Marines have returned to the Faroe Islands for the first time since the Second World War as the UK steps up its military presence in the North Atlantic.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2

Nuremberg trials: 'When you see these people in the dock, the world changes'

The Nuremberg trials, held by the Allied powers after the Second World War to prosecute prominent Nazis for war crimes, came to an end on 1 October, 1946. The 10 months of hearings marked a turning point in international criminal justice, paving the way for the International Criminal Court. Bruno…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 1