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Did you know it’s been 60 years since cigarette ads were banned? Join us as we take a look back on how it happened and where ...

Contrary to what classic Westerns might have you believe, many women made their mark in the Old West. Cynthia Ann Parker is just one ...

Billy Hill was an icon in the London criminal underworld, but he tends to be forgotten. Read on to find out more.

Discover the tragically short life of Hamnet Shakespeare, the boy (potentially) immortalised in his father’s greatest work.

The men of World War I experienced unimaginable horrors. Some claimed to have experienced the supernatural, too ...

Most people haven’t heard of Doubly Thankful Villages, but they really should have. These communities, scattered throughout England and Wales, enjoyed near-miraculous good fortune during the most ...

The Last Burma Star pays tribute to the last surviving veterans of the Burma Campaign, and particularly those from Burma (now Myanmar) who fought alongside British and Commonwealth forces in the ...