Together, Friday and 13 were the unholy pairing no one wanted to see on the calendar. Over time, the combination made Friday ...

The Battle of Amiens in August 1918 was the beginning of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive, which would ultimately lead to ...

From William Kidd to Helen Gloag, meet the daring Scots whose exploits rivalled the Caribbean’s most famous buccaneers.

Historian Helen Carr details exactly what went wrong during the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and how it came to an explosive ...

Ayrton Senna, one of F1’s greatest drivers, died 30 years ago. Explore his career, his tragic death and the lasting legacy he ...

Anne Vaux was an important figure in British Catholicism, but was she connected to the Gunpowder Plot? Read on to find out.

On 1st February 1959, nine Russian hikers on the trek of a lifetime through the Ural Mountains pitched a tent and settled in for the night. Hours later, all nine fled the safety of the tent and ...

Gunpowder Siege dramatically reimagines the most infamous rebellion plot in British history, shattering the myths to reveal the largely forgotten, gripping truth behind the Gunpowder Plot. Prepare to ...

Throughout the past century, dictators held Europe in an iron grip. Yet, despite their unquestioned control, paranoia and distrust corrupted their minds. In order to secure their authoritarian rule, ...

Today, the word ‘terrible’ can be used to describe anything from a particularly bad meal to a natural disaster that kills millions of people. Back in the 16th Century when it was a nickname bestowed ...

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades, these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia into an underworld empire. Five Families, based on Selwyn Raab's New York ...

Mafia bosses, capos and hitmen have lived all over the UK, some in the most unlikely of places, from caravan parks to shoe shops, semi-detached houses to coffee shops. Ross Kemp goes on a global ...