There were plenty of female spies in World War II who made a huge impact due to their bravery and resilience. Read on to find ...

Some monarchs just weren't meant to rule – but who was the worst in history? From Caligula to King Louis XVI, discover some ...

Explore the life of Gary Sokolov, son of the Auschwitz Tattooist, and the profound impact of his parents’ incredible survival ...

Hollywood may have made William Wallace a household name – but it also played hard and fast with the truth. Here are a ...

This poignant and intimate one-off documentary will follow Gary Sokolov, the only son of Gita and Lali Sokolov (one of the ...

Who was the first pantomime dame? How have panto dames — and their costumes and jokes — become staples of the art form? Here ...

How did the months of the Gregorian calendar get their names? Were some months really named after Roman deities and rulers?

Explore some of the most influential disabled names in history and discover how they overcame adversity to change the world ...

On 11th November 1918, the fighting on World War I’s Western Front ceased after the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany. We now commemorate this date each year as Remembrance Day.

Today, the word ‘terrible’ can be used to describe anything from a particularly bad meal to a natural disaster that kills millions of people. Back in the 16th Century when it was a nickname bestowed ...

The Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga, often called the ‘Balkan Nostradamus’ is known for her eerie and often cryptic predictions about the future. Blind since childhood, the clairvoyant was apparently able ...

Alderney, a tiny island in the English Channel, is the site of one of the darkest and most mysterious chapters in World War II. Given the sinister codename 'Adolf Island', Alderney became a ...