The history of the South China Morning Post: a story that spans 120 years
“It is just amazing what that means,” said Post CEO Catherine So. “None of us has lived 120 years. For an organisation, it is about the richness of our history …
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Teddy Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington’s dinner changed history
In his new book, “Teddy and Booker T: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality,” bestselling author Brian Kilmeade writes of how Theodore Roosevelt invited intellectual and …
Coins in Welsh field may have been buried by Romans 2K years ago
A cache of ancient coins found buried in a Welsh field is reportedly more than two millennia old — and may have been hidden by Roman soldiers from the nearby …
History Says the 1918 Flu Killed the Young and Healthy. These Bones Say Otherwise
In the last hard days of World War I, just two weeks before world powers agreed to an armistice, a doctor wrote a letter to a friend. The doctor was …
Why the US kept Daylight Saving Time
By Katia Hetter and Stephen Mays | CNN It’s almost time for clocks to “fall back” one hour. On the second Sunday of March, at 2 a.m., clocks in most …
Soong Mei-ling: ‘the eternal first lady of China’ — from the SCMP archive
By Joe Tang and Agencies Sixty years ago an elegant oriental woman electrified a packed audience at the US Congress with a passionate speech that deeply moved the hearts of …
Secret hidden chambers in ancient crumbling pyramid are discovered 200 years after mysterious prediction
SECRET chambers hidden in an ancient crumbling pyramid have been discovered 200 years after a mysterious prediction. In 1836, Egyptologist John Shae Perring was excavating the Pyramid of Sahura when he noticed …
From loo roll to TV & coming up with the toothbrush in prison, how everyday items were invented revealed in new book
TAKE a look around you. What can you see? Did you ever wonder where all the stuff next to you came from? No, not from Amazon. 13 Find out about …
Everyone Is a Luddite Now
The Luddites arrived on the streets of San Francisco much as they did in the English factories two centuries ago: under cover of darkness and with iconic weapons in hand. …
Why Have Climate Catastrophes Toppled Some Civilizations but Not Others?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Roman Empire fell more than 1,500 years ago, but its grip on the popular imagination …