The father from hell

From ancient court to campaign HQ: Robert Icke’s Sophocles

Have long wanted a chance to celebrate the Sex Pistols. Whatever you may make of Mr Rotten’s question to his last audience in America, “Ever got the feeling you’ve been had?”, the Pistols were great f

Each month ex-cop Nicky Alan teams up with her spirit guides to investigate an unsolved mystery. Here, she delves into what really happened when Queen of Crime Agatha Christie went missing for 11 days

If she had given the monarch a male heir, the crowns of England and Scotland might never have been united

The Land of the Rising Sun’s eight female rulers are all but forgotten, but their lives and reigns were filled with drama

She fought to save her son but paid a terrible price