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Warfare

The Battle of Flodden

On a windswept September day in 1513, amid the rolling hills and marshy fields of Northumberland, two armies met in…

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History

The History of Coins

For more than two millennia, coins have shaped economies, cultures, and civilisations. These small, often round pieces of metal are…

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Murder

The Assassination of Spencer Perceval

On a spring afternoon in 1812, the House of Commons in London was bustling with its usual chorus of footsteps,…

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Warfare

Cnut the Great’s Conquest of England

When most people think of England being conquered, their minds jump straight to 1066. Harold with the arrow, William with…

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History

The History of Spying

Spying, or espionage, is as old as civilisation itself. From ancient empires to modern nation-states, the act of gathering intelligence…

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Biographies

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull remains one of the most respected and influential figures in the history of the Indigenous peoples of North…

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Mysteries

The Mystery of Captain Kidd’s Lost Ships

In the final years of the seventeenth century, when fortunes could be made faster than a cannonball could travel and…

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Warfare

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn is one of the most famous clashes in American military history, a moment when…

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Murder

The Murder of Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur was more than a rapper. He was a potent voice for a generation, an articulate chronicler of life’s…

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Mysteries

The Mystery of the Plain of Jars

Nestled in the rugged mountains of northern Laos lies a landscape unlike anywhere else on Earth. Spread across a series…

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