Five things you (probably) didn’t know about… the history of pirates

Visit any waterside tavern along the coast of Britain and you’re likely to hear some yarn about its smuggling past, no doubt embellished with each sip of ale: barrels clandestinely offloaded onto a mo

Strange murder mysterie s from times gone by

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on

That threatened thrones

The art of juggling tea and a muffin while not tripping over or getting whacked on the head

The piece I’d never part with