Queen Victoria – the eight assassination attempts
Queen Victoria was subjected to eight assassination attempts in her life though incredibly survived them all as Tony McMahon discovers.
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Elizabeth I – why was she a Virgin Queen?
Elizabeth the First projected an image of being the Virgin Queen but was it true or clever propaganda as Tony McMahon investigates
American conservatives and Portuguese fascist Salazar
The Portuguese fascist dictator Antonio Salazar is receiving favourable reviews from some American conservative publications – Tony McMahon reports
Where Was the Garden of Eden Located?
The locations of the Garden of Eden are claimed to be in Iraq, China and Japan as Tony McMahon discovers
The Pope alleged to be a woman!
One of the greatest scandals to ever befall the Roman Catholic church was the story that a woman was elected to the papacy as Pope Joan – as Tony McMahon investigates.
Lobotomised and sold into slavery
A court case from 1700 reveals a horrific story of young men lobotomised and sold into slavery in Maryland
AIDS and the Soviet disinformation campaign
In the 1980s, the Soviet Union mounted a disinformation campaign around the causes of the AIDS virus as Tony McMahon discovers
My father dies of Covid – a reflection
My father died of Covid this month and it’s brought home to me the impact this virus has wrought on all of us
American newspapers reveal horror of slavery
TV historian Tony McMahon looks at 19th century American newspapers to reveal the daily horror of slavery in the southern states
The Abolitionist who owned a thousand slaves
John Coakley Lettsom was a doctor and noted abolitionist – or opponent of slavery – who accidentally ended up owning about a thousand slaves