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Czechoslovakia October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestig..
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In July 1956 Marilyn Monroe arrived in London to make The Sleeping Prince (later released as The Pri..
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Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968 when he was 20. Over the next 50 years he met her many t..
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Don Revie and Brian Clough were born a brisk walk away from each other in Middlesbrough in 1927 and ..
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Kitty Baxter was born in London in 1930 the daughter of a road sweeper and a cleaner and one of five..
The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in de..
The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years. But what about..
Following the death of her beloved mother Jennifer Worth in 2011 Suzannah Worth discovered amongst h..
Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to..
Happily married and running a successful business Peter Berry's life changed when at the age of 50 h..
Throughout the twentieth century the seaside service posters of Britain's railways promised fresh ai..
Moreish digs into the unseen triggers secret influences and mysterious motivations hovering above th..
The Bookseller at the End of the World described the first part of Ruth Shaw's tumultuous life touch..
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When Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared in print on Christmas Eve 1925 his creator had no idea that this..
We all know what psychopathy is. Or at least we think we do. For decades we have looked at psychopat..
On Saturday 15th April 1989 Jenni Hicks her husband Trevor and their two daughters Sarah and Vicki w..
On April 30 1980 six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate overlooking..
In the far south of New Zealand in the remote Fiordland village of Manapouri Ruth Shaw runs two tiny..
Growing up in Yorkshire and with farming blood in his genes James Greenwood always knew he would bec..