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Lionel “Buster” Crabb in diving gear off Gibraltar, 1944 (Coote, R G G (Lt) / Public Domain)
3 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

Wet Work: The Story of Buster Crabb

In early 1956 Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party, and the Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin arrived on a diplomatic mission to Britain aboard the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze. For the duration…
The Saxons had to arrive in Britain from somewhere. Legend says they were led by Hengist and Horsa, but can this be proven? (Hans Dahl / Public Domain)
31 JUL 2024 · 6 MIN

Hengist and Horsa: Arthurian Myth or Saxon Reality?

For most people, the history of England begins with the Norman Conquest in 1066. The line of kings is generally traced to William I, the first Norman king who invaded across the…
Jack Ketch became famous not for his skill as a headsman, but for his brutal lack of it (Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse / Public Domain)
30 JUL 2024 · 6 MIN

Interested in the Killing: Jack Ketch’s Infamous Trade

There is a reason that, in the public image of the medieval executioner they are almost always envisaged wearing a hooded mask. Execution was a bloody trade, and for many it came…