Culture

In 1972, pioneering journalist and activist Gloria Steinem – who has died at the age of 92 – co-founded the groundbreaking publication Ms Magazine.

In August 1966, a US astronomy professor shared his astonishing findings with the BBC. He believed that the Neolithic stone circle was built to predict eclipses.

The legacy of Friends can be seen in a new wave of US sitcoms about twenty-something pals hitting the small screen. But, unlike the classic show, they're struggling to make a mark.

An American Werewolf in London won the first Oscar for best make-up - and its groundbreaking transformation went on to inspire Michael Jackson's Thriller.

In 1911, a US professor claimed he found the secret mountain stronghold of the last Incan king. 53 years later, a new explorer proved him wrong – and the BBC followed in his footsteps.

Thirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC the decision-making behind the blast.

In 1977, the BBC looked back at the summer of 1944, when Allied agents smuggled pieces of Hitler's V2 rocket by hiding them in the apartment of a German officer.

Kim Philby's defection to the Soviet Union was made public on 30 July 1963. In 2016, the BBC broadcast previously unseen footage of a lecture he gave to the Stasi.