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Ira Aldridge, as Othello, in battle armor, by William Mulready

African American Ira Aldridge, a Shakespearean actor in the early 1800s, honored in England

Arts

Shakespeare buffs, actors and ordinary citizens in England turned out to honor an extraordinary American actor this week. Ira Aldridge came from New York to England in the 1820s and became one of the best Shakespearean actors of his day. He was black and had to overcome intense hostility. Nevertheless, he persisted.

Sabir Zazai

For some refugees, integration into UK society doesn’t mean acceptance

Conflict
Isle of Wight coastal area

Scientists dig in to paleosoil to find out why some civilizations learned to farm earlier

Science

An experiment in crowd-sourced news for China ‘disappears’ at the hands of government censors

Global Scan
Henry Tandey

The man who could have shot Hitler

Conflict & Justice
The World

Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo quiz is the British city of Coventry one of the worst hit during World War II’s German blitzkrieg. A new exhibition at London’s Transport Museum revisits that time. The BBC’s Andrew Hosken went to see it.