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Remembering Chernobyl

Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster; Charles Darwin's funeral; the impact of being accused by Joseph McCarthy, plus two 60s style icons, the Mini and Yves St Laurent

Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster; the funeral of Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution changed the world; plus, the impact of being accused during the McCarthy era in America, and two style icons of the Sixties, the Mini and Yves St Laurent.

Photo: a Swedish farmer wears protective clothing because of contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (Credit: STF/AFP/Getty Images)

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Mon 2 May 201603:06GMT
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