Eric Hobsbawm This article is more than 11 years oldLettersThe humanity of Eric HobsbawmThis article is more than 11 years oldYour various articles on Eric Hobsbawm on 2 October (Tributes pour in for a giant of history and the left; Intellectual who transformed the study of history in Britain; Obituary; Leader; Hobsbawm's history, G2) devote almost exclusive attention to his personal history, his Marxism within the Communist party, and his achievements as a writer and teacher of history. Read More...
This is the moment a Russian had his hand ripped off by a caged bear - after ignoring his friends’ warnings and reaching in to stroke the animal.
Footage taken in Murmanskaya Oblast, in the country's far north west shows the man screaming out in pain as the bear clamps its teeth around his arm.
Seconds earlier his friends had shouted 'you f***ing idiot, don't do it!' as he approached the giant animal. Read More...