Nellie Bly, The Journalist That Beat Phileas Fogg's Journey Around The World
With his 1873 classic Around the World in Eighty Days, master raconteur Jules Verne skilfully captured the excitement of an era in which...
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Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi, The Japanese Soldier Found Hiding In The Jungles Of Guam 28 After The War Ended
Upon returning to Japan, and after surviving in a Guam jungle for nearly three decades, Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi was given a hero's welcome -...
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Rudyard Kipling: The Early Opium, Sex Workers And Booze Years
Kipling was born in India but shipped back to England when a child, as was the custom back then. But he returned aged 16 for seven...
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The Great Brinks Robbery Of 1950: A Perfect Crime...Almost.
On January 17, 1950, 11 men steal more than $2 million ($29 million today) from the Brink's Armoured Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts....
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Outrageously Good Tales About Little Richard
Being gay and black in the deep south during the 1950s may sound like a recipe for disaster, but not so much for Little Richard....
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"Let It Be Known, Homosexuals Are Not Cowards" The Brave Story of Willem Arondeus
One evening in March 1943, a building burst into flames in Amsterdam. By dawn, scattered pieces of paper shone through the charred...
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David Bowie & Tina Turner: Did They Or Didn't They?...
Few would have predicted Tina Turner’s triumphant comeback in 1984, when Private Dancer put her on top of the album charts – least of...
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'Colonel' Tom Parker, A Man Of Mystery, Or Maybe Just A Murdering Chancer.
To say The Colonel was a controversial figure would be something of an understatement. From his own mysterious background to his...
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Les Misérables, How Victor Hugo Gave Birth To The World's Longest Running Musical.
Les Misérables is the world’s longest-running musical, a global stage sensation seen by more than 120 million people in 52 countries and...
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The Victorian Photo Album Offering A Gentleman's Guide To Self-Defense Maneuvers, 1895
These vintage photographs come from an untitled album from the 1890s which records various self-defence hand-to-hand manoeuvres. The two...
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Dead Popes; Do They Still Hit Them On The Head With a Hammer To Make Sure They're Dead?
Following the death of a pope, the camerlengo has the duty of “safeguarding and administering the goods and temporal rights of the Holy...
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