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The arrest of a British embassy guard is a reminder the German capital's long history as spy central continues – even in the digital age

IF only walls could talk, what stories would they tell? The Findmypast website has seen its number of users surge over the course of the pandemic as so many people have spent the lockdown period researching their family trees, and it has recently added a new search function which allows people to find out who is recorded as living in their house when censuses were taken. Once you have a name, you can then search the site’s other records – old newspapers, maps, electoral rolls, the 1939 Register – to uncover the stories of the people who lived in your house. More than 70,000 addr...

A quiz on helicopters IMAGE CREDIT: ISTOCK.COM   -  Getty Images× On this day in 1936, the first practical helicopter, the Focke-Wulf FW 61, took its first flight piloted by Ewald Rohlfs. This quiz is about helicopters Flying machines 1. Who is regarded as having designed the first helicopter, often described as an ‘aerial screw’ in the late 15th century? The drawings are in his notes, and he apparently made small flying models but none survived. 2. With the NATO code name ‘Hip’ and more than 17,000 built around the world, which is the world’s most produced helicopter, still a wo...

Americans are not noted for their patience. We want to solve problems, not live with them. But sometimes it’s best to be patient, to wait for events to unfold instead

Americans are not noted for their patience. We want to solve problems, not live with them. But sometimes it’s best to be patient, to wait for events to unfold instead