Ridley Scott’s Gladiator makes certain you know exactly who Maximus Decimus Meridius is: “Commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix Legions. Loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus ...

On the morning of 19 May 1536, Anne Boleyn climbed the scaffold erected on Tower Green, within the walls of the Tower of London. She gave a speech praising the goodness and mercy of the king, and ...

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First produced in Germany, the cheap (but not-so-cheerful, as we’ll discover) Frozen Charlotte dolls gained immense popularity across Europe and in the United States. From the mid-19th century until ...

Did you know the Sovereign is one of the world’s oldest coins still in production today? In fact, Sovereign coins were first struck for Tudor kings more than 500 years ago, before the modern version ...

Armistice Day – today known as Remembrance Day in the UK and several Commonwealth countries, and Veterans Day in the USA – commemorates the armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First ...

Jonathan Myerson’s excellent drama considers how the young Orson Welles shook up not just cinema, but radio and theatre too. A portrait of a young genius starring Lucas Aurelio as Welles, Miles Jupp ...

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The history of the US presidency is littered with tales of extra-marital affairs and allegations of corruption. Jonathan ...