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Napoleon and His Escape From Elba

When British writer William Crackanthorpe visited the Mediterranean island of Elba in 1814, he was wildly curious about its most famous r...

Beheaded by the Nazis at age 21, Sophie Scholl died for leading anit-war student resistance

“Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go,” 21-year-old Sophie Scholl lamented, before she was guillotined by the Nazis. “But what does m...

Frank Hurley, Photographer For The Endurance

James Francis Hurley, known as Frank, was born in the Glebe district of Sydney, Australia in October 1885. His father Edward was a typese...

The Amazing Survival Story of Ernest Shackleton and His Endurance Crew

All year, the ship had been trapped, the ice pushing and pinching the hull, the wood howling in protest. Finally, on October 27, 1915, a ...

Hogarth's ‘Gin Lane’ and ‘Beer Street’

Even in his time, William Hogarth was much loved for his satirical, ‘conversation’ paintings. He was a man with strong social views and d...

The Life and Times of Bon Scott

It's been well documented that AC/DC are the greatest band in the history of the galaxy, I've seen them a fair few times live and I can a...

The Sad Story Of The Whaleship ‘Essex’ That Inspired ‘Moby Dick’

In 1820, a whale rammed into an American whale-hunting ship in the South Pacific. It was the first time in American history that a whalin...

A 3,000-Year-Old Painter’s Palette from Ancient Egypt, with Original Colours Still In It

It’s a good bet your first box of crayons or watercolors was a simple affair of six or so colours… just like the palette belonging to Ame...

'Ku Klux Kiddies': The KKK's Youth Movement

In 1924, a group of ten children and hundreds of spectators gathered for a mass baptism. This was no mere religious rite. As the children...

The Victorian Artist Who Painted Fairy Worlds while in an Asylum

The Victorian artist Richard Dadd painted exquisite, highly detailed canvases filled with fairies and other magical creatures. In his bes...

What Is The Mabinogion And What Familiar Stories Does It Tell?

The Mabinogion is based upon a 14th century manuscript known as ‘Red book of Hergest’. The work is a collection of eleven tales of early ...

The Horror of Newgate Prison

The name of Newgate is notorious in the annals of London’s history. Developing out of a collection of cells in the old City Walls to the w...

Anthropodermic Bibliopegy – The Macabre Practice of Binding Books in Human Skin

Back in the 19th century, some books were bound in a particular type of leather. Human skin, sourced from unfortunate and unwilling souls...

The Time Elton John Made John Lennon Physically Sick

In 1974, John Lennon would take to the main stage of a huge stadium for the very last time and leave the entire world wanting more. The s...

When Napolean Crowned Himself Emperor

On May 18, 1804, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804,...

Inside Varosha, The Abandoned Resort in Cyprus.

Before the division of Cyprus in 1974, Varosha – a resort in Famagusta – was booming. The rich and famous were drawn by some of the best ...

The Mysterious Disappearance Of The Worlds Third Most Richest Man

By the start of the 20th century, Alfred Loewenstein was firmly established as one of the most powerful financiers in the world. He made ...

Portraits of an American community of colour

c. 1904 Portrait of the Thomas A. and Margaret Dillon Family. Virginia-born coachman Thomas A. Dillon and his wife, Margaret, a domestic ...

The Literary Club formed by CS Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, otherwise known as 'The Inklings'

If you could name a writing group what better name than 'The Inklings'? That's what an informal group of writers that included C.S. Lewis...

When Elizabeth Taylor introduced David Bowie to John Lennon

If you had to pinpoint the two most iconic figures from the history of British music, chances are the answer you would be met with is Dav...

The Bloody Attempt to Kidnap Princess Anne

There were seven men in total who tried to stop Ian Ball, an unemployed laborer from north London, from kidnapping Princess Anne, Queen E...

The Glorious Yet Now Abandoned Constanța Casino

In 1903, local Romanian politicians agreed that it was time for the city of Constanța to have a modern casino, "...like those which inspi...

Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter to the Future Must Be Taken Seriously Today.

In 1988, Kurt Vonnegut wrote his famous Letter to the Future and addressed it to Ladies & Gentlemen of A.D. 2088. In it, Vonnegut express...

The Berlin Wall - Before And After

The Berlin Wall, in its existence as much as in its demise, was a symbol. Dividing East and West Germany for close to 30 years, the openi...

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