After the second world war the UK sent back Chinese sailors who helped fight the good fight. John Dobbie says there were consequences.

If terrorists expected to spook the London population, their efforts failed. But, John Dobbie suggests a preoccupation with minute silences is overplayed.

In 1954 the Hague Convention ensured armies could not target cultural treasures. The UK has only just got round to endorsing it.

The English have been busy celebrating the victory at Waterloo 200 years ago. But, as John Dobbie reports, there weren't too many English there at the time.

Islamic extremists aren't the only nut jobs out there. Take Robert Doggart, for example, who palnned a terrorist attack against the Muslim community in New York state.