Rumours surrounding Lord Byron’s scandalous divorce rippled throughout the world. Finally, he had no choice but to abandon England in... more

Good God I am surely in hell! Upon Lord Byron’s return to England and the publication of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, he became... more

By 1809, Lord Byron found himself untethered and debt-ridden. Disenchanted with politics, frustrated by his literary career and haunted by... more

Few lives from history can have contained as many strange and exciting strands as that of Lord Byron's, whose story... more

Music for sex, dancing, and watching the straight world go by… The explosion of Disco provides an extraordinary window into... more

“We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the... more

“I think there is not a devil left in hell, they have all gone into the peasants… smite, stab and... more

"I cannot and will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.…Here I stand, I... more

Three years on from Martin Luther’s publication of the Ninety-Five Theses - a shocking attack on the corruption of the... more

Martin Luther is one of the few people to have genuinely changed the world, igniting a religious revolution that tore... more