18th century Transgender diplomat celebrity
The examination in 1771 of transgender diplomat the Chevalier d’Eon
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How the movie industry depicts the Nazis
The Nazis have been depicted by the movie industry in musicals, drama, comedy and propaganda as Tony McMahon discovers looking back at some examples
Discovering my US Cavalry ancestor on Ancestry.com
How Ancestry.com helped me identify my great uncle Francis McEnhill as a heroic US Cavalry officer in the Spanish-American war
Boy Jones steals the underwear of Queen Victoria
The story of Boy Jones and Queen Victoria
Brave New World – dystopia in literature
Brave New World is being broadcast by Netflix adapting the 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley. It’s not surprising that in uncertain times, a novel like Brave New World is revived for TV.
Top Roman movies of all time!
The top Roman movies of all time! Hollywood doing sword and sandals.
Roman slavery and American slavery – how were they different?
What was the difference between Roman and American slavery in practice?
Inside the Stasi – the East German secret police!
An explanation of the East Germany secret police – the Stasi – and the torture techniques they used.
Lizard people – our reptilian overlords
David Icke has popularised the lizard people conspiracy theory but it actually has a much older pedigree as Tony McMahon discovers
Why the Soviet Union lied about AIDS
Russia has been allegedly pumping out fake news to undermine western value but this is nothing new as Tony McMahon discovers