The Hermitage
<p>Saint Petersburg boasts a large number of museums, but none is more famous than The Hermitage, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world. Founded by Catherine the Great and open to the
...R. H. Benson: The Many Lives of a Mysterious Monsignor
<p>Examine the life of Monsignor Robert Huh Benson, the baby of the extremely eccentric family that produced a clutch of the Edwardian era’s most famous writers. R. H. Benson scandalised his family
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Robin Hood, Good King Richard and Bad Prince John
<p>Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn played him. So did Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe, John Cleese and Sean Connery. But was there ever a real, live Robin Hood? And what of his nemesis, the Sheriff of
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Touring Marvellous Melbourne
<p>When John Batman reputedly said in 1835, “This is a place for a village”, he probably did not envisage the exciting and marvellous city that has grown out of his village. We explore the Golden Mile
...From The 'Prague Spring' 1968 To The 'Velvet Revolution' 1989
<p>In 1989 the former dissident Václav Havel became the first president of a free Czechoslovakia since 1948. Explore the dramatic events that made this possible. Take a closer look at the ‘Prague
...The Piano
Some of the most famous classical music of all time has been written for the piano. Mozart’s <em>Rondo Alla Turca</em>, Debussy’s <em>Claire de Lune</em>, Chopin’s <em>Nocturnes,</em> Liszt’s <em>
...Bismarck - The Iron Chancellor
<p>An insight into the life and political career of Prussian statesman and Germany’s first Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who dominated German and European politics for almost four decades between the
...The Abdication Crisis of 1936
<p>When Edward VIII became King on the death of his father King George V in January 1936 he insisted that he should be able to marry Wallis Simpson a twice married American socialite. At the time
...Shakespeare's Richard III
<p>Shakespeare wrote Richard III, one of his best known plays, over 100 years after Richard was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. So how did he know what had happened? What sources did he use
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