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Bad Luck, Starvation and Cannibalism. The Story Of The Donner Party And Their Doomed Journey.
James and Margret Reed “Are you men from California, or do you come from Heaven?” These were the stunned words of an emaciated Mrs...
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The Remarkable and Slightly Bonkers Saga of Jackie Chan’s Parents: Charles and Lee-Lee Chan
Before Jackie Chan jumped off buildings for a living, his parents dodged bullets, smuggled linen, flirted with espionage, and argued over...
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The Night Witches: How Soviet Women in Wooden Biplanes Became a Nightmare For The Nazis
In the frozen darkness above the Eastern Front during the Second World War, German soldiers faced many fears. But one of the most...
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Hal Blaine: Possibly The Most Recorded Musician In History
Before stadium tours, before MTV, and long before digital sampling made it possible to fake a perfect drumbeat, one man played the real...
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Ten Million Years of Evolution Mapped in a Five-Foot Infographic from 1931
Imagine scrolling through a world without the internet, no Google search, no YouTube explainers, and certainly no AI assistants. In this...
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Romulus and Remus: Rome’s Mythic Brothers and the Birth of an Empire
Discover the legendary tale of Romulus and Remus, the twin brothers who founded Rome in 753 BCE. Explore their mythic lineage, divine...
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Destino: When Salvador Dalí Met Walt Disney and the World Got Weird (Eventually)
It sounds like the setup for a surrealist joke: Salvador Dalí walks into a party and meets Walt Disney. But what happened next wasn’t a...
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Surviving 1660s London: Fire, Plague, Crime and the Curious Pleasures of a City on the Edge
Explore 1660s London—where plague, fire, and crime ruled, yet theatre, coffeehouses, and music thrived. A vivid journey into a decade of danger and delight.
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The Radicalisation of Timothy McVeigh: From Ruby Ridge To Oklahoma Via Waco
On the morning of 19 April 1995, a yellow Ryder rental truck pulled up outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City....
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The Pagan History of Easter: From Ēostre to the Easter Bunny
While some today mark the resurrection of Christ during Easter, many more partake in egg hunts, chocolate bunnies, and toasted hot cross...
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“Germany Calling, Germany Calling”: The Rise and Fall of Lord Haw-Haw
It’s hard to imagine a time when the voice of a Nazi sympathiser could reach six million British radios in wartime Britain, but for a...
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The Wild, Wandering Life of Peter Beard: Half Tiger, Half Byron
When Peter Beard went missing from his Montauk home in March 2020, the disappearance felt oddly poetic. A man who had survived being...
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The Brothers Who Robbed, Charmed, and Were Hanged: The Brief Outlaw Lives of John and Charles Ruggles
In the rugged hills of Northern California in the late 19th century, two brothers thought they had found an easy way to make a living....
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The Forgotten Heroes: Indian Soldiers of World War One
"The shells are pouring like rain in the monsoon." That single line, taken from a letter written by an Indian soldier stationed on the...
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Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme: The Friendship That Led to Murder
The world of crime has seen its fair share of chilling partnerships, but few are as infamous as the one shared by Pauline Parker and...
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Letizia Battaglia: Documenting the Sicilian Mafia Through the Lens of Daily Life
In the mid-1970s, a woman in her early forties began taking photographs for L’Ora , a small but politically active newspaper based in...
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1895: Photographers Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg Private Collection
History is full of unsung heroes who have challenged societal norms and paved the way for progress. Among them are Marie Høeg and Bolette...
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Private Thomas Highgate: A Life and Legacy Shaped by Tragedy
On 13 May 1895, in the village of Shoreham, Kent, Private Thomas Highgate was born into a life of struggle. One of five sons raised by...
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Travelling the Grand Canyon in a Metz 22 Speedster (1914): A Brass-Era Endurance Test Like No Other
Imagine pointing a brass-era automobile towards the rim of the Grand Canyon—with no map, no road, and barely any certainty that you’ll...
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Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle Who Helped Shape a Legend
When The Beatles returned to Hamburg in April 1962 for what would be their third stint in the city, they were expecting long nights,...
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Illustrations from the Soviet Children’s Book 'Your Name? Robot', by Mikhail Romadin
The Soviet Union may be long gone but for those who spent their childhood in its orbit, certain memories remain unusually vivid. Among...
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Mustique: The Caribbean Island Playground of Royals, Rockstars, and Runaways
Princess Margaret, lounging on a couch on a lawn in Mustique in 1973 and surrounded by friends including. In the front row, from left to...
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Evelyn Nesbit: The Girl on the Velvet Swing and the Gilded Age Scandal That Shook America
Evelyn Nesbit was one of the most recognisable faces of early 20th-century America – a model, actress, and chorus girl whose beauty...
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Jacques Léonard and the Gitanos of Montjuïc: A Love Story Through the Lens
In 1952, Jacques Léonard—born in 1909 in Paris—left behind a life of artistic opportunity and familiarity to settle in Barcelona, Spain....
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