Disasters
The Piper Alpha Disaster
Piper Alpha stood in the North Sea, around 120 miles north-east of Aberdeen, a vast steel structure rising above cold,…
Murder
The Yorkshire Ripper
By the mid-1970s, parts of northern England were already living through a period of social strain, economic uncertainty, and deep…
Mysteries
The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin is, at first glance, an object of almost startling simplicity: a long piece of linen, pale…
Science
The Science of Flight and How Planes Actually Stay Up
One of the most remarkable things you can witness is something so familiar that most of us barely give it…
