George III is the best-known of Britain’s Hanoverian kings, but there was much more to him than his ‘madness’ and loss of the American colonies.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, the ‘Commodore’: the first of the robber barons. The Civil War broke his heart, but made his second fortune. Cornelius was born in 1794 on Staten Island among the harbours that ...

Did you know that our days of the week are named after gods worshipped by Vikings? The great raven god Odin, otherwise known as Woden, gives us Wednesday (literally, Woden’s Day). Meanwhile, Tuesday ...

Lourdes is one of the world's most famous miracle sites - a French grotto which is said to have healing properties for those who drink or bathe in it. And we aren't talking about curing a headache or ...

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It was thanks to ULTRA that we won the war. The Enigma story began in the 1920s, when the German military - using an 'Enigma' machine developed for the business market – began to communicate in ...

The Georgian era of British history engulfed many public figures, including royals and aristocrats, in scandal. Here are ...

There’s recently been a trend of Vikings being portrayed on screen. So, which film and TV dramas about these Norse ...

In the past 50 years, over 20,000 people have vanished in an area of northwest Alaska known as the ‘Alaska Triangle’. Famous for its vast and dangerous landscape, many believe the terrain and local ...

September marks the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. There are some however who do not believe the official story of events, shrouding the day in a fog of suspicion and ...

Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in the small Austrian town of Braunau to Alois Hitler who later became a senior customs official and his wife Klara, who was from a poor peasant family. Hitler ...

Delve further into ancient cultures, famous figures from antiquity and monumental historical events. Let us entertain you in unexpected and exciting ways, revealing the connections and unearthing the ...