Authorities in France have used tear gas, grenades and a new law against unlicensed music gatherings, prompting comparisons to Britain's crackdown on the rave scene three decades ago, according to a report by The Guardian.
A newly published register of British slave traders shows Tory and Whig MPs—forerunners of today’s Conservatives and Liberal Democrats—were central to financing and opposing abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, according to The Guardian.
A new BBC programme investigates historical cases in which women in the UK were reportedly forced by state and institutional pressure to give up their newborn children for adoption.
A BBC Science & Environment report explores the origins of grey squirrels in Britain and their long-standing impact on native red squirrel populations.