People
Historical people of interest and the events that have made them famous
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
A modest Cornwall woman caused a storm in early 20th Century Britain with her crusade against one of her nation's more dubious creations - concentration camps more
The late 19th and early 20th Century saw the rise to prominence of numerous feminist heroes. But you'd be hard pushed to find many people who have heard of Amy Dillwyn, the Welsh i... more