Chris Ledgard recalls the first papal tour of Britain. It was a turning point for British Catholics but, as the Falklands crisis deepened, many thought it would be called off. Show more

Jolyon Jenkins recalls the university sit-ins of 1970, when Liverpool's students flew the red flag from the Senate House and Keele's tried to levitate the vice-chancellor's house. Show more

In the mid 1990s companies sprung up offering huge returns on ostrich farming. It seemed too good to be true -and it was. Why did so many apparently intelligent people fall for it? Show more

Chris Ledgard investigates the story behind the Hull North by-election of 1966. Why did Harold Wilson's government choose that moment to promise a bridge over the River Humber? Show more