Britain’s Got Talent’s auditions will come to a close this Saturday, with a final round of hopefuls put before the judges hoping a land a spot in the live shows. And in an exclusive first look, Amanda Holden is left gasping in disbelief as she watches one hopeful leap through an array of hoops in … Read more
Medieval cemetery discovered under a Berlin car park reveals its original residents’ lives were plagued by conflict, disease and poor diets Signs of rickets, scurvy and tuberculosis were found on some of the skeletons They had been buried around the former St Peter’s Church in Colln, now in Berlin Archaeologists suggested the remains reveal the … Read more
Alligator called Saturn who survived World War Two in Berlin and was wrongly rumoured to have belonged to Adolf Hitler dies at Moscow Zoo aged 84 Saturn the alligator survived the battle of Berlin and was taken to Moscow Zoo Saturn, 84, has died, surviving past the 75th anniversary of Hitler’s defeat Russian writer Boris … Read more
4,500 year-old skeleton found in German countryside grave ‘lovingly bordered with field stones,’ offering new insight on ancient burial practices Archeologists in the German countryside discovered a 4,500 year-old gravesite It contained the remains of a woman buried in a north facing fetal position The positioning is similar to that found in other sites across … Read more
France has recorded 104 new coronavirus deaths on Friday – three times fewer than the day before, which saw 351 fatalities – as Slovenia becomes the first European country to declare an end to the epidemic and bars reopen in Berlin. It brings the country’s total to 27,529, still the fourth-highest in the world, after … Read more
London has been hit by the coronavirus far worse than Berlin – with a mortality rate 15 times higher, statistics show. The capital of England has recorded 4,781 deaths in hospital since the crisis began, killing 0.053 per cent of its 9million population. Berlin’s outbreak is just a fraction of the size, with 137 COVID-19 … Read more
It is the video which some say might spell the end of the Bundesliga season. The German league had hoped to restart later this month. After proposing a detailed plan involving stringent hygiene regulations, clubs were waiting for the green light from Angela Merkel and fellow politicians later this week. Yet an ill-fated Facebook live … Read more
Violinist Daniel Hope’s Belle Epoque album is full of beautiful music from the socially turbulent period and will bring rich rewards to the curious By David Mellor for Event Published: 00:00 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 25 April 2020 Daniel Hope … Read more
Even today, almost a century on, the shadow of the Great Depression hangs heavy. To most of us, the very phrase conjures up images of the winding dole queues, haggard faces and starving children that we associate with the 1930s. And, of course, we all know how that particular story ended. The crowds in Berlin, … Read more
Like a bolt of lightning, the coronavirus has lit up the world in which we really live. The nation-state has proved to be the only institution with the power and authority to deal with the pandemic and shield its citizens from the dangers of an increasingly chaotic world. The ever-increasing international co-operation of which our … Read more