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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Anthony Maras’ Second World War movie Pressure – adapted for the screen from David Haig’s hit play – takes us into the heart of a military storm. We join the action in late spring 1944 at Southwick ...

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 ...

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The era directly following the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in c3100 BC, the Early Dynastic Period sees a capital city established at Memphis. Several ephemeral kings ruled in the 7th Dynasty, ...

Iran enjoys one of the richest historical lineages of any modern state stretching back several thousand years. This history can be broadly divided into three epochs: the pre-Islamic ancient period ...