Monument removed as part of "de-Russification" of Ukraine Credit: Sky News A monument to the original 18th century founder of Odessa has been removed and relocated after an online vote by residents of the Black ...
An official seal commissioned by the Empress of Russia is found in a biscuit tin A gold seal belonging to Catherine the Great has sold for £22,900 at auction. Dating back to the 1780's, ...
I caught the last day of the beautiful 'Feminine power' exhibition at The British Museum. An exploration of female figures who have been worshipped across world cultures and religions from ancient times to ...
Clara was a local head teacher at a school in Bow, whose devout Christian faith inspired her to dedicate her life to tackling child poverty head-on in Bromley-by-Bow. Born into a well-to-do Wiltshire family ...
Yours for £9,000 – an exceedingly rare historic Jewish Map of the East End
I love love LOVE historical research. It takes you down a rabbit hole of routes, ideas and information and brings up the most incredible, exciting finds. In looking at women of the East ...
In timely fashion, with the release of Bond's ‘No Time to Die’, and a new American female ensemble action spy movie, aptly entitled ‘The 355’, we dedicate this post to the USA’s first ...
Fans of the 'The Five' author will be delighted to hear that Hallie is launching a new podcast, 'Bad Women: the Ripper Retold' which is available from October 5th on all podcast providers. Bad ...
Shamsiah Hassani is Afghanistan's first female graffiti artist. Her manager confirms she is safe. Her art depicts the life of Afghan women in a male dominated society; the most recent post says only ...
Coming to cinemas soon from Gladiator Director Ridley Scott, and co-written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, is the Last Duel, the story of Marguerite de Carrouges, who lived in 14th century France. ...