The Gorgeous Letters Jim Henson Wrote to his Children and Friends Before he Died
Jim Henson was one of the world’s best-loved entertainers, and his sudden and untimely end at the age of just 53 sent a shock wave...
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Jimi Hendrix In London - The Town That Made Him Famous
There are few artists from any country, in any era, who have managed to encapsulate the mood of a nation like Jimi Hendrix in 1960s...
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Owain Glyndŵr, The Last True Prince Of Wales
The followers of Owain Glyndŵr, the medieval Welsh nationalist leader who disappeared in about 1415, firmly believed that should Wales be...
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"My Best Live Performance" - When B.B King Played Sing Sing Prison
“I was told that some of you dudes don’t know anything about blues,” he said from the stage before beginning what he would go on to call...
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The Birmingham, Alabama Church Bombing That Killed Four Black Schoolgirls
On September 15, 1963, a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing...
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How the CIA Orchestrated Chile's Violent Coup
In general, the date of September 11 is remembered for being the date in which the World Trade Center crumbled after being hit by two...
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No, Napoleon Didn't Say That...
An army travels on its stomach.” Or does it? Napoleon Bonaparte is probably one of the most quoted men in history. Take, for example, his...
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Kaspar The Savoy Cat
How to solve the problem of an unlucky 13 people at dinner? Developing a rational mind is the obvious answer, but let’s pretend to be...
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The Collyer Brothers: History’s Worst Hoarders
In the heart of Harlem, in New York City, at the northwest corner of 128th Street and 5th Avenue, lies a small rectangular lot. A sign...
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England and China: The Opium Wars, 1839-60
The Anglo-Chinese Opium Wars were the direct result of China's isolationalist and exclusionary trade policy with the West. Confucian...
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The Great Fire Of London And The Lessons Learnt
Thomas Farriner was a baker who served King Charles II and supplied bread to the Royal Navy. Whether he chose to live in Pudding Lane,...
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The Day A Failed Austrian Artist Invaded Poland And Began WW2
On September 1, 1939, the German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II (though...
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Grace Kelly's Costumes In Rear Window
In the universe of Alfred Hitchcock heroines, it would be difficult to top Grace Kelly. In fact, the actress is literally ranked number...
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Was Caligula Actually The Insane, Sadistic Pervert History Paints Him Out To Be?
Legend has it that the infamous Roman emperor Caligula was unhinged to the point that he sentenced people to death for forgetting his...
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Josef Menčík: The Last Knight We'll Ever See.
“Today the real knights are no more… The last one died in 1945." Meet Josef Menčík. Not only well known for living in a castle without...
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Anita Berber: The 'Queen' of the Weimar Republic
Born on 10 June 1899 in Dresden Germany, Anita Berber shocked and entertained the cabaret and bourgeois crowds of the Weimar Republic...
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‘The Most Dangerous Man in Europe’: Who Was Otto Skorzeny?
One would think that of all the senior members of the Nazi regime, someone like Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, or Heinrich...
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Russia And The Reason Why They Take Guns To Space.
Russian cosmonauts were taking no chances in the early days of manned spaceflight. If something went wrong and they became stranded, they...
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The Rather Odd Life of Guccio Gucci, Founder of Gucci
The Early Life of Guccio Gucci Guccio Giovanbattista Giacinto Dario Maria Gucci was born on the 26th of March 1881 in Florence, Italy. He...
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The Christmas Dinner That Included Elephant Consommé, Roast Camel, And Kangaroo Stew.
Parisianes have long been known for their gastronomy. They invented the concept of the restaurant as we know it, and many of the dishes...
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The Bank Robbery That Gave Birth To Stockholm Syndrome.
On the morning of August 23, 1973, an escaped convict crossed the streets of Sweden’s capital city and entered a bustling bank, the...
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Insults From History That Are Beautifully Savage
These insults are from an era when we really knew how to throw some shade. 1. "He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr 2. "He has all...
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The Psychedelic Wonders Of Persian Architecture From 5 Cities In Iran
Medieval Iran has witnessed the emergence of some of the most beautiful wonders of Islamic art and architecture. These wonders mostly...
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The 'Touch And Go' Starting Steps Of Jane Eyre
August 15th, 1847 - Charlotte Brontë sent her manuscript of Jane Eyre to a publisher in London from the little railway station near her...
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