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Historian unearths camera from World War One that is still in working order

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The selfie a WW1 German soldier took with camera he stole from a dead British soldier is developed after over 100 years – as historian seeks to reunite Kodak with its original owner’s family A picture of a World War One German soldier has developed after over 100 years German veteran Ernst Behnke took camera … Read more

Coronavirus is a deadly wake-up call, writes historian DOMINIC SANDBROOK

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One day, long after the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us, historians may see the last few days as the moment when the world tumbled into the abyss. On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organisation declared that mankind stood at a ‘decisive point’. The world faced ‘a crisis, an epidemic that … Read more