The Fiery Pen of Jacques-René Hébert: Journalism in the French Revolution In the early 1790s, the streets of Paris were alive with the fervour of revolution. Amid the chaos, a loud and passionate voice stood out, capturing the attention of the city’s working class. This was the voice of Jacques-René Read more…
Lee Evans and the 1968 Olympics: A Legacy of Speed and Solidarity In 1968, Lee Evans stood atop an Olympic podium, having just set a world record, and raised a black beret in solidarity with a powerful movement. This moment etched his name into both sports history and the civil Read more…
The Warwickshire Loss Accounts: the Tale of Shuckburgh Richard Shuckburgh, a staunch Royalist, defended his ancestral home during the English Civil War. His dedication to the king led to significant personal and financial losses, which were meticulously documented in the Warwickshire ‘Loss Accounts‘. This narrative captures not only the battles Read more…
Operation Cat Drop 1959: The Strangest Airdrop in History Picture seeing parachutes descending from the sky, but instead of soldiers or supplies, they carried cats! This might sound like a scene from a whimsical movie, but it actually happened in the jungles of Borneo in 1959. Operation Cat Drop was Read more…
The Chilling Child Testimonies of the Lancashire Witch Trials (1633-1634) Imagine living in a world where the innocent chatter of a child could condemn you to death. This was the terrifying reality in 1633 Lancashire Witch Trials, where nine-year-old Jennet Device’s testimony became the fulcrum upon which the fate of Read more…
Titanic survivor: Charles Joughin’s Tale from a Sinking Ship You’re standing on the deck of a sinking ship, the cold Atlantic wind whipping around you, chaos unfolding everywhere. This was the reality for Titanic survivor, Charles Joughin, Titanic’s chief baker, who faced the disaster with remarkable courage and a flask Read more…
Harold Lowe: Titanic’s Forgotten Hero It’s a polar night in the North Atlantic, the sea eerily calm as disaster strikes the unthinkable, the RMS Titanic. Among the heroes of that fateful night stood Fifth Officer Harold Lowe, of the Titanic crew, whose quick thinking and bravery offered a glimmer of Read more…
Witness to Darkness: The Life of a Jewish Ghetto Policeman “I was a policeman in the ghetto, a Jewish policeman, but I wasn’t a Nazi collaborator. I did what I did to survive, to protect my family. But the guilt, it haunts me every single day.” – Calel Perechodnik Calel Read more…
Who Was Really to Blame for the Sinking of the Titanic? When the RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton to New York City on its maiden voyage, it was celebrated as a triumph of modern engineering. Yet, the night of April 14, 1912, revealed a catastrophic series of missteps and Read more…
The Titanic’s Tragic Night Through the Eyes of August Wennerström As the grandeur of the Titanic’s first-class festivities echoed through the corridors, below decks in the cramped, cold confines of third-class, August Wennerström penned what would soon become a harrowing survival story amidst one of the most infamous disasters in Read more…