When the Great Fire of Northampton tore through the town in 1675, almost every pub inside the walls was destroyed – except ...

In the Operation Overlord drama Pressure, Chris Messina stars as American meteorologist Irving P Krick, working on weather ...

Day drama Pressure, Kerry Condon stars as Kay Summersby, US General Dwight D Eisenhower’s aide and driver. In the film she ...

Leading the cast in D-Day drama Pressure, Andrew Scott stars as James Stagg. Among the meteorologists advising Dwight D Eisenhower on whether to launch Operation Overlord, Stagg’s voice is the most ...

Aside from being the rumoured “lover of the Russian queen” featured in Boney M’s song, Rasputin was an incredibly influential and controversial figure at the Russian royal court until his death in ...

During planning for D-Day at the Allied headquarters in Southwick House, Hampshire, the final decision on when Operation Overlord would commence fell to US General Dwight D Eisenhower. With the ...

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Amongst the stack of black-and-white press photos that document the Profumo Affair – the sex and spies scandal that shook up the 1960s – there are lots of well-thumbed shots of the affair’s ‘It’ girls ...