Stonehenge spray-painted orange in latest action by climate protesters

Stonehenge spray-painted orange in latest action by climate protesters

The incident came just a day before thousands are expected to gather at the roughly 4500-year-old stone circle to celebrate the summer solstice.

  • byBrian Melley

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Viking labourers a right carry on,says Barber of Windsor
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Viking labourers a right carry on,says Barber of Windsor

First pillage,then picket.

Queen Victoria had a dog called Looty. What does that tell you?
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Queen Victoria had a dog called Looty. What does that tell you?

Marc Fennell has attracted a global audience with his podcast and series Stuff the British Stole. Luckily for Fennell,there’s no shortage of contraband.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
‘We will not walk away’:Biden doubles down on support for Ukraine at D-Day anniversary

‘We will not walk away’:Biden doubles down on support for Ukraine at D-Day anniversary

In Normandy,the world’s leaders gathered to pay homage to the men who stormed the beaches to end Adolf Hitler’s conquest of Europe. Hear audio from the day in 1944.

  • byRob Harris
No more ‘Homo stupidus’:Why Neanderthals are getting a makeover
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No more ‘Homo stupidus’:Why Neanderthals are getting a makeover

They were shrewd,complex and creative,and we shared the planet with them (and other types of humans) for thousands of years. So why did the Neanderthals die out and not us?

  • byAngus Holland
‘She looked as though she was dying’:The Australian show that saw the unravelling of a diva

‘She looked as though she was dying’:The Australian show that saw the unravelling of a diva

When Judy Garland arrived at Mascot Airport,customs officials made a decision that would likely prove fateful.

  • byPatrick Gallagher
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The 19th-century scientists complicit in body mutilation and theft

The 19th-century scientists complicit in body mutilation and theft

Cassandra Pybus uncovers the details of the harvesting of Indigenous Tasmanians’ skeletons.

  • byPhilip Deery
Inside Melbourne’s restored Gothic Bank,where ‘every teller had a loaded revolver’
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Inside Melbourne’s restored Gothic Bank,where ‘every teller had a loaded revolver’

The historic ANZ building on 388 Collins Street has reopened to the public to showcase its banking origins and refurbishments.

  • byNajma Sambul
Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe

Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe

Authorities paint a picture of a network of associates,some blood relatives,travelling across Europe by bus with library cards sometimes under assumed names to scout rare Russian books.

  • byRachel Donadio
Tattooist of Auschwitz arrives on screen and doesn’t shy from the book’s controversy

Tattooist of Auschwitz arrives on screen and doesn’t shy from the book’s controversy

Heather Morris’ book was an enormous success,but was mired in a controversy about accuracy. The series based on it doesn’t shy way from that.

  • byKarl Quinn
Dozens honour Benito Mussolini at site of Italian fascist leader’s arrest,execution

Dozens honour Benito Mussolini at site of Italian fascist leader’s arrest,execution

The anniversary fell on the same day that PM Giorgia Meloni led her far-right Brothers of Italy party in an election rally in the city of Pescara.

  • byNicole Winfield