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Roy Orbison, the man with the haunting voice and the sorrowful ballads, carried the weight of personal grief through much of his life....

“Today the real knights are no more… The last one died in 1945." In a world increasingly shaped by industrialisation and modern warfare,...

On a quiet June morning in 1981, the kind of day when national traditions meet the celebratory spirit of the public, a teenage boy from...

In 1983, the world stood on the precipice of destruction. It was more than two decades after the Cuban Missile Crisis, that harrowing...

In the late 19th century, one of the most peculiar and controversial forms of entertainment began to make waves across America: diving...

The capture of Rudolf Höss, the notorious commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, marked a significant moment in the post-war effort...

On the night of April 14, 1912, two young brothers, Michel and Edmond Navratil, found themselves aboard one of the last lifeboats to...

Dorothy Counts, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1942, was thrust into the heart of the battle for desegregation at the tender age...

Ilse Koch, notoriously known as the “Bitch of Buchenwald,” stands as one of the most infamous figures in the brutal history of Nazi...

In the late 1930s, Adolf Hitler and his chief architect, Albert Speer, embarked on an ambitious project to transform Berlin into a...

Italy, a country steeped in rich history and cultural splendour, also bears the stain of one of the most chilling figures in criminal...

Charles Raymond Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate remain infamous for their roles in a 1958 spree of violence that shocked the American...

Lewis Hine was an American photographer whose pioneering work not only reshaped the art of photography but also played a vital role in...

The Cuban capital of Havana, known today for its political history and revolutionary past, was once a city synonymous with luxury,...

Irena Sendler is credited with having saved the lives of some 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War. By...

At the heart of Paris, towering over the skyline with its iron lattice structure, stands the Eiffel Tower —an architectural marvel...

Commissioned in 1854 by a businessman named Eugene Thomas, in 1971 Villa Nellcôte, in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Côte D'Azur was the...

Frances Farmer was once a rising star of the silver screen, known for her striking beauty and intense performances. But behind the...

During the late 19th century, the federal government of the United States embarked on a campaign of cultural assimilation aimed at...

Owain Glyndŵr, the last native Prince of Wales, remains one of the most significant figures in Welsh history. Revered as a national hero...

Before Jimi Hendrix became one of the most era-defining musicians of the 1970s, he was a struggling session musician. Known then as...

In the pantheon of Olympic legends, the name Károly Takács may not instantly leap to mind for many outside Hungary. Yet his story, one of...

On the evening of 2 February 1933, a brutal double murder shocked the quiet French town of Le Mans. Christine and Léa Papin, two sisters...

On September 27, 1986, Metallica suffered a devastating loss that would change the band forever. Cliff Burton, the group’s groundbreaking...