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Hard drinker, bandit, prize-fighter and reader of skulls. MEG
“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...
How a West Indian warrior became a knock-out success in London’s East End Picture the scene. Two boxers walk out before an uproarious crowd at the Sebright Music Hall in the London district of Hackney
The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month
Bourgeois chronicler of multicultural London who tended to deify black foreigners and demonise native whites
TWISTED BY HIS ANGER TOWARDS HIS MOTHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, JOHN WAYNE GLOVER PREYED ON VULNERABLE FEMALE PENSIONERS IN SYDNEY
When you mention the Gold Rush, often the first images that come to mind are of grizzled, bearded men holding up a nugget of gold, proclaiming riches. It certainly was for me. These seismic periods in