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How a Castilian knight fought Christians and Muslims alike to become a national icon
I once met a man who claimed he saw a huge black panther (circa 1990) near his farmhouse in Scotland. It had a pheasant in its mouth. He ran to get his shotgun but the creature had vanished. I knew th
In 1798, Britain’s most celebrated admiral pursued the French across the Mediterranean, attempting to thwart General Bonaparte’s mission to Egypt. The pursuit culminated in what was arguably the most strategically important naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars
The daughter of Gisèle Pelicot on the family’s ordeal
Shaka the african savannah elephant is standing in the middle of an expansive field, staring intently at us. His ears are forward, his face is alert and he doesn’t appear stressed or, can we say, unha
We never had any money growing up. Nobody did. I grew up in Hampton, which is the village from which Hampton Court Palace is named. So Hampton Court Palace was where I walked with the dogs every morni