100 LETTERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Welcome

Portraits of members of the resistance groups who

GIANNI VERSACE MURDERED

15 July 1997

DISNEYLAND OPENS

17 July 1955

BATTLE OF GRANICUS

RIVER GRANICUS, TURKEY, 334 BCE

CHERNOBYL HAD NOT BEEN CONTAINED?

Already the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe, just how much more deadly could it have been?

ROYAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

A new exhibition showcases images of the British royal family through a century of photographs

COPA 71

Shining a spotlight on a lost milestone for women’s football

THE CIA: AN IMPERIAL HISTORY

A meticulously considered new take on the history of the United States’ controversial intelligence agency

CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE SERPENT QUEEN

An illuminating biography that challenges traditional assumptions about the famous monarch

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD

Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

CHORIPÁN WITH CHIMICHURRI

TRADITIONAL ARGENTINIAN STREET FOOD, SERVED WITH THE COUNTRY'S STAPLE SAUCE, ARGENTINA, 18 TH – 20 TH CENTURY

Key Events

Shakespeare’s exact birth date is unknown, but it

THE GLOBE

London, England 1599 – 1613

TITANIA

England c.1600

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

For centuries historians have studied this document for clues to the Bard’s final moments

SHAKESPEAREAN PATRONS

Ten of the influential men and women who helped foster art and writing in the late Tudor and early Stuart period

WHO WAS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?

Professor Laurie Maguire debunks the myths and misconceptions about the playwright

SHAKESPEARE’S STRATFORD

The town of the Bard’s birth contains many must-see spots for the would-be Shakespearean tourist

KILL HITLER

Exposing the many plots to assassinate the Führer and why they failed

CRUSADES LAW & ORDES

Steve Tibble explains how even pious men could become thieves and murderers in the Holy Land

THE STRANGEST SPORTS IN OLYMPIC HISTORY

From pigeon shooting to club swinging, discover the odd events that once graced the Olympic schedule

Queer Victorians

Despite the harsh laws and stricter punishments, the Victorian era has a rich queer history

THE CULT OF EVITA

From poverty to politics, how Eva Perón, the formidable First Lady, became the beloved people’s princess of Argentina

20 Amazing ANCIENT BURIALS

Uncover the most lavish and grisly graves from around the world