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Lewis Hine believed photography could educate and reform. From Ellis Island’s new arrivals to child workers in southern mills, his images helped change public opinion and shape labour laws in early 20th-century America.

The Cuban capital of Havana, known today for its political history and revolutionary past, was once a city synonymous with luxury,...

Irena Sendler is credited with having saved the lives of some 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War. By...

At the heart of Paris, towering over the skyline with its iron lattice structure, stands the Eiffel Tower —an architectural marvel...

Nestled on the coast of Snowdonia in North Wales, Portmeirion is one of the UK's most remarkable and distinctive architectural treasures....

During the late 19th century, the federal government of the United States embarked on a campaign of cultural assimilation aimed at...

Before Jimi Hendrix became one of the most era-defining musicians of the 1970s, he was a struggling session musician. Known then as...

In the pantheon of Olympic legends, the name Károly Takács may not instantly leap to mind for many outside Hungary. Yet his story, one of...

A mortally wounded Malcolm X is stretchered from the Audubon Ballroom Malcolm X, a charismatic and influential figure in the civil rights...

Uncover the fascinating tale of the Lascaux Caves' discovery by Robot the Dog, and the remarkable prehistoric art that has captivated the world for centuries.

In 1902, Jack London traded California’s sunshine for the shadows of London’s East End. His photographs of street life, lodging houses, and poverty revealed the city’s unseen struggle, forming the visual heart of The People of the Abyss.

In the heart of Manhattan, a former CBS television and radio studio on 254 West 54th Street was reborn into what became one of the most...

On a quiet day in June 1917, Walter Yeo, a sailor in the Royal Navy, underwent a procedure that would forever change the course of...

In 1971, the Attica Correctional Facility in New York became the centre of one of the bloodiest and most significant prison uprisings in American history.

The story of Mobutu Sese Seko intertwines with one of Africa’s most mineral-rich nations, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), once...

On a balmy night in 1951, a horrifying incident forever altered the trajectory of literary icon William S. Burroughs. His wife, Joan Vollmer, a deeply intelligent and troubled figure in her own right, was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head during what Burroughs described as a botched "William Tell" stunt.

Oscar “Zeta” Acosta Fierro was a man of boundless contradictions—a radical lawyer, a literary provocateur, and a political activist. Born...

Explore the extraordinary story of Dr Gay Hitler, a dentist from Circleville, Ohio, whose life became entwined with an infamous name in an unexpected way.

Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. Jack Churchill, “Fighting Jack” Churchill, and “Mad Jack” Churchill, a...

In 2005, many of us still carried clunky flip phones, printed directions from MapQuest, and burned CDs for road trips. Fast forward...

In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the name “Tania Head” became widely recognised as that of a remarkable survivor of one of the...

In the early 20th century, New York City’s streets were rife with crime, corruption, and gangland killings. Hidden away for decades, a forgotten archive of NYPD crime scene photographs — rediscovered in the 1990s and published in Wilfried Kaute’s 2017 book Murder in the City — reveals haunting images of death, violence, and the dawn of modern forensic investigation.

In Georgian and Victorian London, finding a place to live was a challenge for many, with the city’s rapid urbanisation leading to severe...

The monowheel looked like the future: one giant wheel carrying its rider inside, roaring across roads and beaches. From 19th-century prototypes to the 1930s Dynasphere, discover why this eccentric invention never replaced cars or bikes.