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"The First Emperor will die and his land will be divided….”The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang
Rumours surrounding Lord Byron’s scandalous divorce rippled throughout the world. Finally, he had no
Good God I am surely in hell!Upon Lord Byron’s return to England and the publication of Childe Harol
By 1809, Lord Byron found himself untethered and debt-ridden. Disenchanted with politics, frustrated
Few lives from history can have contained as many strange and exciting strands as that of Lord Byron
Music for sex, dancing, and watching the straight world go by… The explosion of Disco provides an ex
“We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, no
“I think there is not a devil left in hell, they have all gone into the peasants… smite, stab and sl
"I cannot and will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.…Here
Three years on from Martin Luther’s publication of the Ninety-Five Theses - a shocking attack on the
Martin Luther is one of the few people to have genuinely changed the world, igniting a religious rev
The Reformation, launched in 1517, stands as one of the most convulsive and transformative events of
"Then it is I drown again, with all those dim lost faces I never understood… Include me in your lame
“A story of horror unparalleled in the annals of the Sea.”On the 14th of April 1912, Titanic, a floa
It is Sunday the 14th of April 1912, and the passengers of the Titanic, from the tycoons in first cl
The drama and tragedy of the Titanic’s sinking has spawned all manner of myths about those who left
The Titanic was a product of the furious competition of the late Gilded Age, and no expenses were sp
"There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience wil
Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity. More humble,
‘For if a person fatigued with long and hard labour, or with a violent agitation of the mind, takes
