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Thirteen-year-old Barbara Kent (centre) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, in the hours...

To list all the odd characters who have wandered the streets of San Francisco would require the combined talents of Shakespeare, Dickens,...

The story of Ruairí McSorley, the frostbit lad from Northern Ireland

In the tapestry of history, there are threads so dark and disturbing that they leave an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of...

Harvey Milk, an iconic figure in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, was a trailblazing politician whose life and work continue to inspire...

Throughout military history, few encounters have resonated with the same enduring significance as the Battle of the Granicus. Fought in...

The names Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb have become synonymous with the chilling and macabre narrative of youthful transgression in...

It was the 15th of July in 1953, just before 9am in Pentonville Prison, John Reginald Halliday Christie already had his arms tied behind...

In the 1960s, a time when the frontiers of space exploration were but nascent, the notion of insuring astronauts was met with palpable...

In 1962, Dr. No introduced the world to James Bond and showcased Jamaica’s lush beauty as its backdrop. From Ursula Andress’s unforgettable beach scene to Sean Connery’s suave debut, the film’s production in Jamaica set the tone for six decades of cinematic espionage and style.

On the 15th of April, 1945, the 11th Armoured Division of the British Army, under the command of Major General Roberts, arrived at the...

A Clockwork Orange continues to shock audiences half a century after its release with it's graphic violence and controversial themes that...

Bill Murray was really great friends with comedy great and Saturday Night Live star John Belushi at the time of Belushi’s demise due to...

Throughout history, certain events etch themselves into collective memory, leaving indelible marks upon the consciousness of societies...

Witold Pilecki, renowned under various aliases including Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, and Druh, distinguished himself as a...

On the afternoon of Thursday, July 15, 1976, Frank Edward "Ed" Ray, a 55-year-old school bus driver, was in charge of transporting 26...

Every so often a film comes along that changes the way you look at cinema and shocks the very foundations of the film industry. 'Who Killed Captain Alex' is just one of those films. Produced by Wakaliwood studios it was filmed in Wakaliga, a slum in Uganda's capital of Kampala by Its founder and director Nabwana I.G.G., Uganda's Quentin Tarantino. Nabwana's formative years were spent amidst the tumultuous era of Idi Amin's rule in the 1970s Uganda. While the nation grappled

While the Victorian Era didn't mark the inception of institutionalising individuals with mental health issues, it undeniably witnessed a...

Richard Dadd, a Victorian artist, crafted intricate and enchanting paintings adorned with fairies and fantastical beings. Among his most...

Czech-born photographer Jacques Biederer captured the daring sensuality of 1920s Paris through artful erotic and fetish imagery. His studio, Atelier Biederer, blended beauty and taboo—until his life was cut short by the war.

Compared to many other countries, the U.S. is relatively young. Despite this, it holds the third position in terms of population,...