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Occasionally, passing a mirror, she glimpses a promise of inner poise, potential for greatness she could harness. But more often than not it fluctuates, elusive. It might be inside that old jewellery ...

There’s an odd dignity to the title of “old money”, born from the strange notion that one should respect someone more if they have not earned their fortune, rather than less. This idea is, of course, ...

Alfred Daniel Wintle (known throughout most of his life as “AD”) was born in Ukraine in 1897. His father John was an English diplomat who was posted there along with his wife Teresa, Wintle’s mother.

The genius of Eugène François Vidocq lay in one simple principle. In order to catch a criminal, you had to be able think like a criminal. And in his case that was easy, because he was one. He’s ...

One of the big problems with using paintings and other art pieces as a historical source is that most artists don’t depict reality as it is but rather reality as they wished it would be. Idealised and ...

Sometimes looking into history is like being both short and long-sighted. Things far away are hazy, of course. Our sole source for a lot of early British traditions, for example, is the writings of ...

The last century BC is regarded by some historians as one of the most pivotal times in the history of the world. At the time the great Roman Republic was in its final decline, with the absolute power ...

Harry Thaw was born into privilege. From childhood he was told that he was special. Because he was rich, he was assured, he was entitled to anything he wanted. Rules were for the poor – he was above ...

Kimpa Vita was born in 1684 in the Kingdom of Kongo, which isn’t there any more. The kingdom had been founded some time in the 13th or 14th century and was located south to the Congo river on the ...

To quote the great Terry Pratchett, people always seem to have a “little blank spot in their heads where someone had written: Kings. What a good idea.” Even in modern times, when we fool ourselves ...

The Back-to-the-Land movement emerged from the post-Woodstock era of the late-1960s and early-1970s, supported by a mostly idealistic group of people who wanted to live life more simply. Although the ...