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Every year on 14 February, Valentine’s Day is celebrated across the Western world as a day of love – a time for romance to blossom and lovers to…

Whilst many monarchs throughout history are famed for ascending the throne when very young (from Tutankhamun to Queen Victoria), many ascended at a…

Horses were domesticated approximately 6,000 years ago – once their speed and power were harnessed, the world was transformed. From pulling…

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the biggest Fire Department in the United States and the second largest in the world, after the…

For as long as monarchy has existed, the role of royal consort – the person married to the monarch – has too occupied a place in history….

If the story of human exploration has been dominated by the legends of men, it was only because it was written by them.
For centuries, adventure was…

It is estimated that there are more than 3 million shipwrecks in the ocean. While some boats that are neither valuable nor historically significant…

Female pirates have been terrorising the seas for thousands of years. Yet before the 20th century, women were often barred from seafaring…

From weapons of war such as gunpowder to pioneering instruments like the compass, inventions from China have altered the course of history.
Chess,…

Today, General Practitioners provide over 300 million appointments per year, and the A&E is visited around 23 million times.
What are the key…