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When and where the world celebrates

Independence Day may be another American invention - their's dates to 1776 - but all around the world states and peoples remember the day they achieved independence.12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

In search of a little piece of heaven on earth

The fabulous city of Shangri-La has taken on mythical proportions. But China's claims to have discovered it (and to have made it a tourist destination) should be treated sceptically: the city was12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

What are the biggest cities in the USA

The city as microcosm for the way the United States is changing. New York is still the biggest city of them all, but the Mid-West is where population growth is most rapid and the old industrial12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

HEADLINE

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Enquiring minds want to know

... what to give for a twentieth wedding anniversary ... who was Henry Habberley Price 12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

On the death of Alan Lomax

Leadbelly (pictured) was one of the thousands of musicians first recorded by Alan Lomax, who has just died at the age of 87. But what impact could one 'ethnomusicologist' have on popular music in the12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

What's all the drama about Jeremy Thorpe

Not so much drama as documentary: with ITV broadcasting a major review of the court case that stunned the nation in 1979, we recall some of the events that led to the trial of the former leader of12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

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Fighting for Racial Equality

So Gurbux Singh has left the CRE but - what exactly do they do 12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Sorry, President Lincoln

Honest Abe was no stranger to tragedy in his life and career12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

What do you know about...

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In memory of Elvis

Elvis lives - in the hearts of his fans. What made him so special 12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

It's the Edinburgh Festival

Comedians like Garth Marenghi are always a hit at the Festival12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

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Help! We need somebody...

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The band that set German toes a-tapping

We resurrect the spectre of 'Krautrock' to re-discover Can, the German band responsible for Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi Okraschoten and other unlikely sounds from the Sixties and Seventies.12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Try a new sound with some old, old music

Maltese ghana... not a West African state but a traditional folk music that is starting to be heard off the island of Malta.12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

On the death of Alan Lomax

Leadbelly (pictured) was one of the thousands of musicians first recorded by Alan Lomax, who has just died at the age of 87. But what impact could one 'ethnomusicologist' have on popular music in the12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

"I remember Elvis Presley, Lord how I loved to hear him sing"

"I Remember Elvis Presley..."- words from a hit for a Dutch singer called Danny Mirror in September 1977 - less than a month after Elvis died. And 25 years on We still remember Elvis Presley...12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003