People
Historical people of interest and the events that have made them famous
The 15-year-old who spent nine days as Queen more
The con-man who invented a settlement and made himself a Prince more
Did he slay a dragon? Was he even English? To mark St George's day, here's five things you might not have known about England's patron saint more
Everyone knows about St. Patrick's Day, but how much do you know about the man behind the myth? more
John Brown was hated and admired in equal measure for his militant campaigns against slavery in the mid-19th century. Donna Catapano (@Ms_Catapano) explains how, over 160 years sin... more
The Welsh-Norman servant girl who slaughtered 70 men in one afternoon more
The larger than life woman who hurtled over the edge of Niagara falls in a barrel - What else would you do to celebrate your 63rd birthday? more
War hero, dazzling intellect, seducer of goddesses - is there anything Odysseus couldn't do? more
The Irish revolutionary who shot to prominence in his 20s as the antagoniser-in-chief of the British Empire, but was eventually felled by his own countrymen more