If you’ve been to the cinema at all in the past few years, it’s hard to ignore the power of …

A statesman famous for leading anti-apartheid movements in South Africa, Nelson Mandela rose out of political prison to become President …

Every music student is at least familiar with a few works composed by the gifted, multi-talented musician that is Mozart. …

The disaster at the Chernobyl Power Station, USSR, in 1986 remains perhaps the most devastating nuclear power disaster in history. …

As its name suggests, the Black Death was a hugely devastating plague which killed millions of people around the world. …

Inventor, painter, architect – was there anything that Leonardo Da Vinci couldn’t do? Perhaps the most famous name to emerge …

The 1929 Stock Market Crash has shaped generations, but with it fading fast from memory, how much do you really …

To most Americans, the name Robert E Lee will be one which is very familiar. The decorated war general led …

To millions of people, Salvador Dali was the incomparable king of surreal art. The eccentric artist was responsible for some …

Many Jewish people were forced to live in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War. The German authorities established …

Elton John – real name Reginald Dwight – has had a dazzling career, having helped to produce some of the …