Building the Moscow Metro
More than 10,000 Russian workers built the first line of the Moscow Metro which opened in 1935 to great fanfare. The spectacular stations were designed to show the world the power and possibility of R...
25 Jul 20248min
Olympics: Zamzam Farah at London 2012
At the London 2012 Olympics, the Somali sprinter Zamzam Farah became a crowd favourite after finishing last in her 400m heat by 27 seconds. Zamzam had grown up in war-torn Mogadishu, where she had to ...
24 Jul 202410min
The first Olympic ‘mascot’
After being designed in one night, Shuss, the cartoon skier, debuted at the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France. Instead of ‘mascot’, the Olympic Organising Committee referred to it as a ‘character’...
23 Jul 20249min
The 1924 Paris Olympics
The last time Paris held the Olympic Games was 100 years ago in 1924.More than 3,000 athletes from 44 nations took part, of which only 135 were women, in 17 sports.Rachel Naylor goes through the BBC a...
22 Jul 20249min
How Ayia Napa became a clubbing capital
In the 1990s, Ayia Napa, in Cyprus, went from quiet fishing village to party resort.The Kool Club was one of the first nightclubs to open in 1995.Rachel Naylor speaks to founder and DJ Nick Power, the...
19 Jul 20249min
The missing people of Cyprus
Between 1963 and 1974, more than 2,000 people in Cyprus went missing during clashes, a coup and the Turkish invasion. Only about half of them have been found. Rachel Naylor speaks to Nick Neokleous, t...
18 Jul 20249min
Cyprus 2003: Crossing the ceasefire line
In April 2003, the people of Cyprus were allowed to cross the ceasefire line for the first time in 29 years. Hundreds of people rushed to the check points and queued for hours to visit the homes they ...
17 Jul 20249min
Cyprus 1974: The Final Landing
On the 20 July 1974, a young pilot was preparing to land passenger flight CY317 into Nicosia Airport in Cyprus, amidst the threat of an imminent Turkish invasion. From the air, he could see warships a...
16 Jul 20249min
