Celebrations held at the end of October may have changed vastly from the original pagan feasts of Samhain, but the donning of disguises has remained over hundreds if not thousands of years. As fashion ...

How rich was Al Capone? We separate Outfit revenue from his take, translate to today’s dollars and bust myths.

Cleopatra’s dramatic life and death were so intense it verges on fiction, something that was noticed by literary giant William Shakespeare (Antony and Cleopatra) and George Bernard Shaw (Caesar and ...

In 1945, after three long years of war, the fight between the Allied forces and Japan over Burma finally ended. Japan was ...

Escape tools became prominent in December 1939 thanks to MI9, a new military intelligence branch of the British government.

Decades after it was taken, AI has helped name the Nazi in a Holocaust photograph long shrouded in mystery - and changed how we remember it.

It’s that time of the year when carved out pumpkins adorn window ledges and houses are decorated with all kinds of creatures of the night. Children dress up in scary costumes before heading towards ...

There is no mention of December 25th anywhere in the Bible, in fact there is no mention of when Jesus was born at all. There was much debate amongst early Christians and it wasn't until the fourth ...

Before the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 was called, a crisis had begun to appear within the Christian Church revolving around one of the most important beliefs of Christianity, the Holy Trinity.

If there’s one constant about Nostradamus, it’s that he never quite leaves the conversation. Every year, fresh prophecies are dusted off and repackaged for the calendar ahead. 2025 was no exception.

He married a nineteen-year-old bride in 1772 but, after another break down, forced her into a Convent. From 1783, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' was ill and was nursed by his daughter until 1788, when he ...

Think you’re made for life in the 8th century? Fancy a life of pillaging, robbing monasteries and killing anyone that gets in your way? Sounds like you’re set for life as a Viking. But which one are ...