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Here’s How Much Each Artist Earned From Playing Woodstock
Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Held from August 15 to 18, 1969, in Bethel, New York, Woodstock was more than just a music festival; it was...
The Habsburg Jaw And The Cost Of Royal Inbreeding
Intermarriages within European ruling dynasties were common until recent times, with even Queen Elizabeth II marrying her third cousin....
Why Is English So Hard to Learn?: The Ingenious Poem, 'The Chaos' by Gerard Nolst Trenité
In 1920, Dutch writer, traveller, and linguist Gerard Nolst Trenité, better known by his pseudonym Charivarius , released a textbook...
"In An Hour, She Was Unconscious. In 12 Hours She Was Dead". Roald Dahl's Warning After Losing His Daughter to Measles
We've all encountered the name Roald Dahl at some point in our lives, whether it was whilst reading classics such as The BFG, The...
The Story of Paula Hitler: Unraveling the Life of Adolf Hitler's Sister
Paula Hitler (otherwise known as Paula Wolff and Paula Hitler-Wolff) was born on January 21, 1896, in the quaint village of Hafeld,...
Hear Freddie Mercury’s Vocals Soar in the Isolated Vocal Track for “Somebody to Love”
For quite some time now, aficionados of Queen have been on a quest to unravel the mystery behind Freddie Mercury's unparalleled vocal...
After Slavery In America: Loved Ones Found In Wanted Ads
The Aftermath of Emancipation The abolition of slavery in the United States, formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, marked a pivotal...
Recoil In Horror At The Story Of The Man Who Cut Out His Own Appendix
Leonid Rogozov lying down talking to his friend Yuri Vereschagin at Novolazarevskaya Most people get squeamish just thinking about an...
Lucille Bogan's Shave 'Em Dry - The Song From 1935 that's So Filthy It Comes With A Parental Warning
Each new batch of youngsters believes the old fogies before them were all boring squares, imagining a world before the 1960s where...
Say Hello to “White Death” Simo Häyhä The Deadliest Sniper In History
Simo Häyhä, after the war. His face was scarred by his wartime injury. Simo Häyhä, also known as “The White Death,” stands as one of the...
The Ace with the Bass: Phil Lynott’s Life of Swagger, Soul and Sadness
It’s the mid-1980s, and Phil Lynott is deep in a Soho recording studio, working on his second solo album. The room, as usual, is full to...
Led Zeppelin In India: The True Story Behind The Secret Bombay Sessions
In October 1972, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page travelled to Bombay to jam with Indian musicians. This is what happened… Led...
Deconstructing Led Zeppelin’s ‘Ramble On’ Track by Track: Guitars, Bass, Drums & Vocals
I'm seriously addicted to deconstructing well known songs, I've no idea why. I think it stems from playing around with the mixing levels...
George Harrison Said He Wanted To See 'Life of Brian' - So He Handed Us The Money
From the Michael Palin interview with Cahal Milmo in 2001 George Harrison was the man who saved Life of Brian for the simplest of...
When Muddy Waters and Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Played a Train Station in Manchester, England in 1964
On a damp evening of May 7th, 1964, a crowd of super excited music lovers gathered on a rain-soaked disused railway station platform in...
'In The Event Of Moon Disaster' The Speech Nixon Prepared If The Moon Landing Failed
Voyaging through the cosmic expanse carries inherent hazards, with myriad challenges capable of imperilling the mission from launch to...
CBGB and The Ramones: Where Punk Found Its Pulse
Picture this: it’s the sweltering summer of 1974 in New York City. Graffiti bleeds across the brickwork, the Bowery still reeks of...
T.E Lawrence, Was He Just 'The Dynamite Guy'?
When the Imperial Camel Corps thundered into the dusty port town of Aqaba in the summer of 1918, they rode not only into a...
The ‘Pit Brow Lasses’ Of 19th-Century Coal Mines
In the depths of the 19th century, amidst the coal fields of Lancashire, a remarkable group of women emerged, challenging the societal...
The Day Andy Warhol Was Shot By 'The Society for Cutting Up Men' (SCUM)
When Valerie Solanas entered Andy Warhol's sixth-floor office at 33 Union Square West on June 3, 1968, armed with two guns and consumed...
The Cannibalism of 1672: What Led to the Dutch Mob Butchering and Eating Their Prime Minister?
Once a prominent figure but now largely overlooked, Johan de Witt held a pivotal role in Dutch politics. Elevated to the position of...
The Final Days of Van Gogh in Auvers
In the evening of July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh returned to his small room at the Auberge Ravoux in Auvers-sur-Oise, located north of...
When an 11-year-old boy led Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu in 1911
High in the rugged folds of the Peruvian Andes lies one of the world’s most recognisable archaeological sites: Machu Picchu. Often draped...
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