Roundup

Rare Darwin first edition auctioned [video 1 min 20 sec]

A rare first edition of one the most influential books ever to be published goes under the hammer in Norfolk on Thursday. The copy of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was bought for next to nothing, but is expected to sell for more than £30,000.

Drama behind the headlines: Tricycle theatre's Afghanistan season [video 5 min 11 sec]

The Great Game is a festival hosted by north London's Tricycle theatre, charting 150 years of Afghan culture, history and politics through 15 short plays. Richard Norton-Taylor went to find out more.

Holocaust Remembrance Day marked [video 2 min 21 sec]

The wail of sirens brought Israel to a standstill this morning for a two minute silence to remember the victims of the Holocaust.

Iraq war analysis: Tim Collins [video 3 min 53 sec]

The army captain – famous for his passionate speech to troops before the invasion – looks back on Britain's involvement in the Iraq war.

Georgia recalls Soviet crackdown [video 2 min 13 sec]

"Like a scene from a medieval battle," is how one of the Soviet soldiers involved remembers the dawn hours of 9 April 1989. He was referring to the violent clashes between troops and protesters on the main square in front of the Georgian government building, on Rustaveli Avenue, in the heart of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The clashes left 20 people dead, mainly young women. It was one of the defining moments of late Soviet history.

Henry VIII: 'Nasa examined his armour when they were designing space suits' [audio 2 min 52 sec]

Mark Brown visits a new exhibition of Henry VIII's armour, and finds out how it contributed to space age clothing.

Henry VIII armour to be exhibited [video 3 min 41 sec]

Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill includes a personal suit of armour not seen in the UK for 70 years. The priceless Wilton anime armour of about 1544 is on loan from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was only discovered to be Henry's in 2003. The Tower of London exhibition marks 500 years since his accession.

Pupils remember genocide victims [video 2 min 31 sec]

A group of students from Hampton School in Twickenham have taken messages of support for the victims of the Rwandan Genocide to Downing Street.

Shakespeare's first theatre found [video 1 min 38 sec]

A team from the Museum of London discovered the foundations of what they believe is the original Globe Theatre in Shoreditch last summer. Built in 1576, it is thought the Bard acted there and that it also hosted the premiere of Romeo and Juliet. The site is now owned by the Tower Theatre Company and a new playhouse is due to open there in 2012.

Nepal palace reopens as a museum [video 1 min 22 sec]

It is a sign of Nepal's huge changes that the red ribbon opening the museum was cut by a Maoist former rebel - the Prime Minister, Prachanda. Speaking to VIPs from a small podium on the lawn, the pink palace towering behind him, Prachanda recalled seeing pictures of the last-but-one king, Birendra, in the years when he visited villagers' homes during the Maoist guerrilla war. Prachanda described Birendra as a "liberal" king whom Nepalis still respected, and

Statue honours Queen Mother [video 1 min 38 sec]

A national monument to the late Queen Mother has been unveiled by the Queen. The BBC's Daniela Relph takes a closer look at sculptor Philip Jackson's work.

Eric Rauchway, Author, "The Great Depression & the New Deal" [60 min 23 sec]

Eric Rauchway, Author, “The Great Depression & the New Deal,” on the actions taken by the Roosevelt administration to alleviate the national economic collapse.

'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy [video 1 min 28 sec]

Tests on cannon recovered from an Elizabethan warship suggest she carried powerful cast iron guns, of uniform size, firing standard ammunition.

2009-10 Koch Associate Program: Free-Market Career Opportunities

Interested in a job that will allow you gain valuable management skills while working to advance liberty? The Koch Associate Program is a very selective, competitively paid career opportunity for talented young professionals who are interested in working with free-market non-profits such as think tanks and grassroots organizations. During the year-long program, each Associate works in a full-time position with a market-oriented think-tank or policy organization, while also receiving valuable m

Benicio del Toro on Che Guevara: 'He was not Tarzan' [video 3 min 15 sec]

Benicio del Toro tells Alex von Tunzelmann how he felt the weight of historical responsibility when playing the Latin American revolutionary in Steven Soderbergh's biopic, and why everyone needs to see Che: Part Two.

One Life: The Mask of Lincoln [3 min 43 sec]

No American has had more written or said about him than Abraham Lincoln. To both his contemporaries and posterity, Lincoln has been an endless subject of mystery and fascination. To commemorate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this exhibition provides many faces of Lincoln from the museum's collection, a collection that charts Lincoln's passage from a fresh-faced Illinois congressman to his grizzled isolation as president. One of the highlights is the rare appearance of the original cracked-

LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION, AND THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AMERICANS [34min 5sec]

Professor Eric Foner argues that the idea of sending African American slaves to colonize Africa (an idea which Abraham Lincoln at times embraced) was part of the larger idea of emancipation for American slaves, but it did not allow its supporters to consider how freed slaves might become part of American society. It was Lincoln’s consideration of this very issue, Foner says, that distinguishes him from other advocates of emancipation.

In The Age Of Obama, Is It Time To End Black History Month? [4min 31sec]

It's been more than 80 years since a university professor created what eventually became Black History Month. Now in the age of President Barack Obama, some say the annual celebration has outlived its usefulness because it wrongfully separates black history from American history. In a recent article for the online magazine The Root, writer Michael Ross suggests that it's time to end Black History Month. Madeleine Brand talks with Ross about his piece.

EZ Comics : History content writer for High School AP World History (posted: 2-13-09)

About EZ Comics EZ Comics is a company publishing historical comic books for US children. We are going to get into making a AP World History game and we need teacher/student for the content writing Description We are looking for a High School teacher who has taught the AP World History course /student who has taken the course and who is interested in doing content writing for the game. The job can be consulting and we will pay from 20-40 dollar

Darwin's Galapagos [video 1 min 04 sec]

On the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, the director of the Darwin Foundation says there is only a decade to avoid an ecological disaster. In a BBC interview, Gabriel Lopez calls for limits on the level of visitors. Last year, the number of tourists reached a record of 173,000, a four-fold increase over the past 20 years.