King Henry VIII and Thomas More, his Lord Chancellor and right-hand man from 1529 to 1532, forged a close, tumultuous, and ultimately fatal relationship. As well as being responsible for the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Day drama Pressure, Kerry Condon stars as Kay Summersby, US General Dwight D Eisenhower’s aide and driver. In the film she ...
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 ...
The embodiment of “oversexed, overpaid and over here”, American meteorologist Irving P Krick – certainly as portrayed in D-Day drama Pressure – knows how to command a room. It’s a useful skill but, as ...
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 ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii is one of the most well-known events in ancient Roman history – so you’d think that we would know all there is to know about it by now. But in the almost 2000 ...
From the Black Death to the French Revolution, music has long been affected by the upheavals of history. Rebecca Franks ...
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