Tom Simpson was Britain’s first World Champion road cyclist and the most complete rider of his generation. In 1967, he rode himself to death on Mont Ventoux during the Tour de France. This is the full story.

John Rogan stood 8 feet 9 inches tall, was the son of enslaved sharecroppers, refused every sideshow offer, and died in 1905 with his grave sealed in concrete. Here is the story nobody tells.

From Mad Jack Mytton setting himself on fire to cure hiccups, to the Duke who built 15 miles of underground tunnels to avoid people, meet the most gloriously strange figures in British history.