The following international newspapers or news media sites often carry articles relating to historical events, famous people and controversial issues.
The Guardian (UK)
The Telegraph (UK)
The British Broadcasting Corporation (UK)
The Globe and the Mail (Canada)
Channel News Network (USA)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (Australia)
You may browse through them yourselves or refer to my weekly compilation further below on this page.
2021
ARCHIVED FROM 2017
The Canada Experiment: The world's first "post-national" country
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: A best seller in Germany again.
Who commands more space in the Dictionary of National Biography - Winston Churchill or Margaret Thatcher?
Here is a rare photograph of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration as President on 4 March 1861.
The surprising place where WWII agents learnt to fight the Nazis.
The pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet.
Canada at one hundred and fifty years of Confederation.
Provocative maps that tell Britain's history.
Joseph Goebbels' secretary, Brunhilde Pomsel, dies aged 106.
Totalitarianism in the age of Trump. A relevance of the work of Hannah Arendt, the political theorist who wrote about the Nazis and the 'banality of evil.'
Jamaica in the 1890s: a visual archive of a country freed from slavery but still living under colonial rule.
Follow the controversy over the naming of a revamped war gallery at the Old Ford Factory in Singapore:
News that the "Syonan Gallery: War and its Legacy" exhibition was to opened (9 Feb)
Amidst a public outcry, Minister for Communications and Information, Yaacob Ibrahim, states that the name Syonan Gallery "does not express approval of the Japanese Occupation." (15 Feb)
The Syonan Gallery at the newly reopened Old Ford Factory Museum in Singapore to be renamed "Surviving the Japanese Occupation." (17 Feb)
Celebrating the common man: the rise of community history in Singapore.
Troubling parallels between pre-WWII and today's world: an analysis.
Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen's death.
The release of the movie Dunkirk rekindled a great interest in the thrilling drama of the mass evacuations of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of northern France in May and June 1940. Catch up on all the opinions and commentaries in the Guardian newspaper.
The partition of India, seventy years on.
Everything you need to know about the independence, and partition, of India in 1947.
The story of how Vanuatu's colonial heritage has combined with local forces to produce a delightful form of English language, called Bislama.
ARCHIVED FROM 2016
Anger as Hitler's Mein Kampf reprints hits the shelves.
Keep Calm and Carry On - the sinister history behind the poster that kept Britain going in WWII.
Britain's popular TV history drama serials, and what they tell us about ourselves.
You have to admire the patriotism of the men of Britain, even older men, who volunteered to protect their country from any German invasion. Nicknamed "Dad's Army," they practised very hard but thankfully, Hitler never succeeded in invading Britain. Otherwise, "Dad's Army" might well have kicked him out again.
How "happy" were the slaves owned by the first President of the United States, George Washington? A new children's book suggests an answer, and receives plenty of feedback!
Relive one of the most famous civil rights protest marches ever to have taken place, on 28 August 1963, organised and led by the courageous, eloquent and very determined Martin Luther King. Best remembered for the ground-shaking speech beginning with those shivering words "I have a dream!"
One of the ways people deal with the ghastly business of war is by treating it with humour. The Second World War has indeed spawned a great deal of comedies, in addition to the vast amount of serious films and documentaries. Find out about the more popular comedy shows on the theme of WWII.
Is American-Chinese food (eg chop suey, orange-chicken) really Chinese food? Read this on the history of Chinese food in the USA during the era of anti-Asian sentiments.
"Mussolini-island" - Italy's dictator-themed holidays. Let's take a history learning journey there!