Did you know it’s been 60 years since cigarette ads were banned? Join us as we take a look back on how it happened and where ...

Billy Hill was an icon in the London criminal underworld, but he tends to be forgotten. Read on to find out more.

Contrary to what classic Westerns might have you believe, many women made their mark in the Old West. Cynthia Ann Parker is ...

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For the thousands of British servicemen captured during the fall of Singapore and Malaya in 1942, VJ Day marked liberation ...

Discover the tragically short life of Hamnet Shakespeare, the boy (potentially) immortalised in his father’s greatest work.

The men of World War I experienced unimaginable horrors. Some claimed to have experienced the supernatural, too ...

Most people haven’t heard of Doubly Thankful Villages, but they really should have. These communities, scattered throughout England and Wales, enjoyed near-miraculous good fortune during the most ...