One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...
The women have (ways) of divining, whether the husband or wife shall die first by the number of letters in Latin, or the husbands, and wives christian-names. Plants have been associated with the ...
Let’s face it: chopping down a tree, propping it up in your living room and covering it in shiny plastic decoration is a fairly peculiar thing to do. So just why do we do this every Christmas? How did ...
One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...
While some of the greatest military minds in history displayed their tactical genius on the battlefield, others left a lasting impression through their writing on the subject of waging and winning war ...
Why did thousands join Kett’s Rebellion in 1549? Discover the causes, key moments and its impact on Tudor England.
Fancy some alternative festive viewing? Here are the best Christmas movies – from the well-known to the overlooked – of Hollywood’s black-and-white era.
As a child learning about human anatomy, you may have come across the song ‘Dem Bones’. The catchy tune lyricises about how ‘the hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone, the thigh bone’s connected to ...
Could a legendary treasure hoard be about to surface at long last? A new season of Sky HISTORY’s The Curse of Oak Island is now heading to UK screens.
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was the first Canadian to be appointed consulting surgeon to the British Army. Before WW1, he served in the Boer War as an artillery subaltern and in 1914 reenlisted as ...
There is a misconception that the common hare, arguably brought to the UK by the Romans, is somehow unhinged or deranged. This is, of course, a fallacy. There is evidence that their ancestors were ...