We gave you 64 facts about Wigan the other day, but with the borough being such a big place with a rich history, there are ...

A rare 17th-century funeral ring found in a countryside field by a metal detectorist could sell for thousands of pounds at ...

Plague was an ever-present threat ... Image caption, In the 17th Century, alchemists searched for the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life, and attempted to turn ordinary metals into ...

The Great Plague of Marseille in 1720 was one of the last significant outbreaks of the bubonic plague in Europe ...

Queen Elizabeth I set all the trends at court...even down to her sugar-rotted teeth. Famous for her love of sugar and all things sweet, the queen’s blackened teeth even became a beauty trend, with ...

Among them was 'Dutch Courage', which often carries a slightly humorous or ironic undertone, implying that the courage is not ...

Originally, an “act of God” was largely a way for insurers to get out of paying claims. At a time when risk assessment and ...

When in 1601 Edinburgh suffered the ravages of plague and King James VI was staying at the castle in Burntisland, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was held in the new church of ...

The church - which hosted the ‘Kirking of the Council’ when the Burgh still had its own Town Council - continues to play its ...

It’s not surprising in a country this size that a lot of puzzling events occur. Here are some of the most enduring Australian ...

The attempt to bridge the gap between art and politics in the same moment retaining Leninist ideology appeared with Mao Dada ...

And London was not alone. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, city leaders built a massive new opera house. A month after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the French actress Sarah Bernhardt gave a ...