Utterly interesting

Goldie Williams’ 1898 mugshot still draws attention today. Arrested for “vagrancy,” she lived in a world where poverty and race could be treated as crimes. Her quiet confidence offers a glimpse of dignity in difficult times.

In 1987, a German teenager flew a Cessna into Soviet airspace and landed beside Red Square. His flight stunned the world, humiliated the Kremlin, and even helped Gorbachev’s reforms. The incredible true story of Mathias Rust – the boy who built a bridge to the East.

A clear 2025 update on the death of singer Kirsty MacColl at Cozumel, the Justice for Kirsty campaign, the court outcome for José Cen Yam, federal findings in Mexico, and why the family ended the campaign in 2009, with sources and links to learn more.