Historical men and women

Alexander Selkirk is usually credited as being the original of the character of Robinson Crusoe in Daniel Defoe’s novel of 1719. Alth...

Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5th July 1853, at Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, the fifth son of the town’s vicar. After an educati...

Anthony Eden is generally regarded as one of the least successful British prime ministers of the 20 th century, whose poor judgmen...

Much less is known about the first than the second King Harold of England, as it was the latter who lost his throne and his life at...

Bess of Hardwick was one of the most remarkable women not of royal blood to emerge from the Tudor Age. From relatively modest origins...

Women did not have as hard a time in Anglo-Saxon high society as they were to do in later ages. An example of the respect that was sh...

I grew up in the town of Poole on the south coast of England. It has a long and colourful history, and the pirate Harry Paye was one of ...