William douglas the infamous bushranger

“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

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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