Superpowers are not always confined to the cinema screen. Whilst people have yet to possess the ability of independent flight or invincibility, some have claimed to master the art of foresight. Most ...

You might have heard of ‘Opposite Day’, a tradition encouraging quirky behaviour. What exactly do people do on Opposite Day, ...

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Violette Szabo served as an operative for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII. Learn more about her heroic ...

Discover how the Nazis tried to redefine Christmas, altering traditions and carols to fit their ideology and the lasting ...

The Mari Lwyd, Wales’ Christmas horse, is a somewhat similar fantastical animal. But unlike the mythical Yule Cat or Krampus, ...

The story of the female spies and the spymistress who led them, which has remained secret for over 50 years, can now be revealed ...

Hitler believed the Soviets to be his natural ideological enemy and intended to conquer the country, enslave or exterminate the ‘subhuman’ native Slavic people.

Alderney, a tiny island in the English Channel, is the site of one of the darkest and most mysterious chapters in World War II. Given the sinister codename 'Adolf Island', Alderney became a ...

As the old saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. What about skinning a human? It turns out that in the ancient world there were quite a few ways to execute condemned men and women ...

Royal Kill List is the story of one man’s unquenchable desire for revenge. It follows King Charles II as he claims his position on the English throne and begins to hunt down the people responsible for ...

The Guilty Innocent is a gripping new series that explores some of the biggest miscarriages of justice in history. Each meticulously researched episode will see EMMY award-winning actor Christopher ...