The 1st Duke of Wellington was a celebrated military hero before entering politics, and his extensive battlefield experience ...

A new Sky History docu-drama, The Lost Women Spies, uncovers the incredible stories of the brave women who were recruited as ...

A revisionist history claims the postwar consensus was shaped by Conservative visions.

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The stereotype of the tortured artist has permeated the social consciousness for years, as one artist after another dedicated ...

In the quest to elevate the poor and marginalized, the Vatican is making common cause with regimes that trample those very ...

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me. It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words.' (Chapter 4, Winnie-the-Pooh). Gomdori Pu stories, translated by ...