I make no attempt to hide it, but I do love a good heist (although the best heists are obviously ones we'll likely never hear of) but...

It's Christmas 1880, what do you get the child that has everything? How about nightmares delivered via an automated monkey pastry-chef...

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

“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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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