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Archaeologists have repeatedly underestimated the seafaring abilities of prehistoric peoples.

From the maritime traditions of Polynesia to the first crossings into the landmass known as Sahul – the prehistoric continent that once connected Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania – over 60,000 years ago, claims of early ocean travel have often…

In the 1780s, an extraordinary insurance claim made its way through Britain’s courts – against the lives of more than 130 enslaved people who had been intentionally thrown overboard a slaving ship in the Caribbean.

In this episode of History’s Greatest Scandals, Professor Hannah Greig and Ellie Cawthorne revisit…

“Is this the age of dictators?” asked veteran journalist Sir Sidney Low. He was writing in September 1923, the month in which a military coup brought Miguel Primo de Rivera to power in Spain. At the same time, Benito Mussolini was reinforcing his new dictatorship in Italy, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk…

Last year was a long, hard road for many of us.

I’ll admit, there are days when I want to tune it all out. But I can’t. There’s too much happening, and so much of it is inspiring.

Because somewhere in the chaos is the path to the other side.

It has been inspiring to see Canada standing with the people of Greenland and Denmark. In a world that seems increasingly cynical and dark, it was genuinely moving to witness the warmth, joy and friendship on display at the recent opening of Canada’s consulate in Greenland.

But it wasn’t so…

We began the week with a discussion about how Trump is sending very clear signals that he intends to strong-arm Canada into purchasing the F-35. The move comes as the U.S. initiates a massive increase in military spending in order to shakedown other nations. This is a line-in-the-sand movement for…

The word ‘cult’ is a loaded one in modern language. It might make you think of hooded figures huddled in dark rooms, perhaps organised around a singularly charismatic leader who exercises immense control over members’ lives.

But in the ancient Roman empire, cults were an ordinary cornerstone of society…

Canada has a legal obligation, under both domestic and international law, to block the sale of armoured vehicles to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The mechanism is straightforward: cancel the export permits.

Under Canadian law, it is illegal to export military parts and weapons if it is known that…

There is nothing accidental about the seeming madness of this era. It is a deliberate strategy to throw you off balance, to make you doubt your own judgement and to distrust your neighbour.

The playbook of Steve Bannon, Cambridge Analytica, Jeffrey Epstein, Russian bot farms, Danielle Smith, and the White…

Slipping unseen beneath the Atlantic, German U-boats were a terrifying development in the naval battles of the Second World War. They threatened Britain’s supply lines and seemed to offer Nazi Germany a way to starve the island nation into submission.

Britain – heavily dependent on imported food, fuel and…