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After a short illness, George V died on 20 January 1936. The following day, British Pathé described him as “more than a King, ...

By shooting an apple off his son’s head, William Tell inspired both the Swiss people to fight for independence and a ...

When it comes to popes, the current split between men and women is 266 to zero. But, as Jonny Wilkes explores, that hasn’t ...

Following the death of the former US president in December, historian Mark White recalls the life and work of a leader whose ...

Despite only housing prisoners for a matter of months, a small island on the Ob River in Siberia was such a violent and ...

Poisoned sweets. Criminal misdeeds. And a sex scandal involving… the prime-minister.

Smothered by sheets of ice and rugged tundra, Greenland is the world’s largest island. Situated in the cold waters of the north Atlantic and crossing through the Arctic circle, the sparsely populated ...

In 2007, Time magazine asserted that the Bible “has done more to shape literature, history, entertainment, and culture than any book ever written.” With phrases like “an eye for an eye” and “thou ...