Learn about the influence of Greenham Common on feminist ideals and the message of empowerment passed down through ...

Learn about Anne Boleyn's legacy, her iconic 'B' pattern portraits, and how history shapes our view of her appearance.

These old Cardiff stories were told before they were written down. Told, remembered and passed on. And there have been people living in Cardiff for over 6,000 years, so who knows how old some of these ...

One of the most intriguing aspects of Anne Boleyn, and likely why she still fascinates us 500 years after her death, is the fact that we don’t even know what she looked like. Even that most basic ...

The anchorite, or religious recluse, has been a part of Christian religious life since its early days. They lived solitary lives out in the desert – indeed, these solitaries became collectively known ...

Slavery has existed for millennia in varying forms in all parts of the world. Affecting all races, gender and age groups. It is only in recent times that it has been globally outlawed with the United ...

Simon Farquhar’s new book, A Deafening Silence: Forgotten British Murders, led him down dark roads as he trudged the wintry countryside trying to understand forgotten tragedies and talking to those ...

Life was difficult for women from the coalfields during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Those girls who were daughters of miners understood some of the difficulties, but it was still their ambition ...

A little over a century ago the world was in the grip of a devastating influenza pandemic which killed millions worldwide. It was the most vicious flu virus on record; not only one of the greatest ...

“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” attributed to oscar wilde That honey traps remain among the most widely known and least understood category of intelligence ...

Maritime historians CHRIS FRAME and Rachelle Cross share a passion for passenger ships, ocean liners and cruising, having written 18 maritime history and cruising books as well as countless articles ...

Excavated cat bones and cat images on vases and coins are proof that cats were padding about southern Italy at the end of the fifth century BC. By the time we get to the Roman Empire, there must have ...