Maggot therapy

Gangrene is a nasty way to go. There being lots of nasty ways to go but given much of the … More

The assassination of William McKinley

Leon Czolgosz had a surname that was a bit of a mouthful. As a child, it is likely to have … More

In an age when vacuous, self-absorbed celebrities attract millions of followers on social media accounts flashing boobs, Botox and brunch … More

When King Lobengula, or Prince Lobengula as he was then, was asked by some of his generals why he had … More

Isolating what caused the 1929 crash is something that still keeps the academics in generous grants, but what it did … More

So bad was the fallout of Boris Yeltsin’s efforts to money up the Soviet economy and introduce capitalist based reforms, … More

Without fully knowing what that little Kim Jong-Un gets up to when he rattles around his palace after dark, our … More

The Cold War, in addition to sparking the space race, was a thing of a film maker’s dreams. Two global … More

How old is the moon? It’s a difficult question, more so given the experts aren’t even too sure themselves. Try … More

Frederick Banting liked to paint. Many of his early sketches were on the back of the cardboard used by his … More