Was the Wild West really as volatile as its reputation suggests? We ask acting legend Kevin Costner ahead of his new ...

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 just one ...

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

The Last Burma Star pays tribute to the last surviving veterans of the Burma Campaign, and particularly those from Burma (now Myanmar) who fought alongside British and Commonwealth forces in the ...

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 ...

The El Dorado of the sea On 23 September, 1641, an English galleon named the Merchant Royal, loaded with gold and silver, sank off the coast of Cornwall. The wreck remains lost to this day. Within her ...