<p>Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. </p><p>Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.</p>
Title | Date published | ||
The slaves who defeated Napoleon | 2020-12-02 | ||
France's Muslim headscarf ban | 2020-12-02 | ||
Iraq's pioneering feminist | 2020-12-01 | ||
How Ethiopian rebels took power in 1991 | 2020-11-30 | ||
The fight for disabled rights in the UK | 2020-11-27 | ||
Rwanda at the Paralympics | 2020-11-26 | ||
India's campaign for disability rights | 2020-11-25 | ||
Britain's little blue disability car | 2020-11-24 | ||
Helen Keller | 2020-11-23 | ||
When the Egyptian president went to Israel | 2020-11-20 | ||
Our Bodies, Ourselves | 2020-11-19 | ||
America's WW2 refugee camp | 2020-11-18 | ||
The world's first woman premier | 2020-11-17 | ||
Captured by Somali pirates | 2020-11-16 | ||
The 'good enough' mother | 2020-11-13 | ||
When Pluto lost its planet status | 2020-11-12 | ||
World War One in Africa | 2020-11-11 | ||
Makaton - the signing system that changes lives | 2020-11-10 | ||
The Guerrilla Girls | 2020-11-09 | ||
The church that rose from the rubble | 2020-11-06 |