“The Rarig kids ain’t going hungry, so why should we?” yelled the little girl as she brandished her sign.                   “Why can’t...

The women of my day are beautiful; more beautiful than men should have any right to expect. Men are ungrateful, and selfish. They don’t...

Gone were the days of the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression; so long to the ‘hunger dances’. You’ll have heard of those, surely?...

In 1961, to her parent’s great chagrin, Diana Spencer was born a girl. The child could not ensure the continuation of the family line,...

One may cross the desert on a camel’s back, or as part of a grand motorised expedition, but Thomas M Moore, this young London architect...

Today is my mother’s coronation, and I’m bored. If it weren’t for my grandmother, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who says I must behave...

What to do in Madison Square? John, the leader of their little gang, had managed to get his hands on some 3D comic books, and not just...

To the American people, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time – but when he was at college, MJ had been deemed too...

Once upon a time, an Irish monk lived on the hillside above a lake. Over the waters of this lake there floated an air of mystery; the...

The liver bird is the symbol of the city of Liverpool, and has featured on its coat of arms since 1797. Its name is of course intertwined...

Her name comes from the Latin word meaning “light,” and Queen Lucia’s crown lights up the darkness in the depths of night. Her candles...

The reporters were itching with anticipation, for today they were to have the honor of interviewing Elvis Presley, the king of...

Twelve-year-old Josh Baskin lived with his parents and sister, Rachel, in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. Every year the town set up a...

“The voice was slightly off-key, and it overwhelmed us all”, Jean Cocteau once said of Mistinguett.   Jeanne Bourgeois had decided to go...

In the early 12th century, there lived a Frankish king named Louis VI who would be remembered to history as Louis the Fat ( le Gros )....

Christmas Eve was fast approaching in London, and John had decided to go out and meet it. Alone he had wandered the streets in search of...

In was not snowing in the city today. Yellow taxis clogged the avenues lit with thousand-watt streetlamps, honking unceasingly as hot-dog...

“My dear Jeannot,   What is this world coming to? The Nazis are everywhere, and France is occupied. What will become of two artists, two...

“Thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. My sister Margaret Rose...

This was the diciest job in the whole armaments factory, but this Rosie was up to the task. She hoisted the shell with delicate skill. It...