The suffragettes took militant action in a bid to gain British women the vote. Here’s how a plot to set the Wimbledon tennis grounds ablaze in 1913 was foiled.

The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the ancient world’s most prestigious libraries. So, why did it disappear, and how ...

Nikola Tesla’s visionary wireless experiments weren’t just about transmitting power—they were driven by his belief that he could bridge Earth and the cosmos. From his Colorado Springs magnifying ...

What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

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 ...

According to the Norse sagas, Ragnar met his end in a pit of snakes, thrown into the venomous depths by King Ælla of Northumbria. Now his sons wanted revenge. When the Great Heathen Army landed in ...

On March 24 1944, one of the most audacious projects carried out during WW2 occurred. It was the mass escape of Allied soldiers from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III, the story of which ...

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 ...

How was the Met Office founded? The Meteorological Office, known as the Met Office for short, is the UK’s national weather service and was founded in 1854. The original purpose of the organisation was ...

Hanging on a wall in Scone Palace in Perth, Scotland, is an 18th-century double portrait of two young women of high society. One is sitting reading a book whilst the other is passing by clutching a ...

Island heads’ are famous worldwide but also mysterious. Who made these stone statues? How were they transported? What do they ...

Female gladiators were a rarity in Ancient Rome, but the role they played was fascinating. Read on to find out more.