Papa Doc Duvalier: The Voodoo President who killed Kennedy “He was four when a revolution ousted [Gerenal Antoine Simon],” recalled Bernard Dierderich and Al Burt in their study Papa …

Presidents were assassinated one after the other and the reign of “Papa Doc” Duvalier has gone down in history as one of the most corrupt of modern time. He plundered the country, driving …

Lots of national gestures have meaning behind them, but the Hitler salute, known in German as Der Deutsche Grub, carries such heavy connotations, that in certain parts of the world you can …

John Gorman remembers a remarkable Cold War defence where Irish UN soldiers fought against the odds in the Congo

1. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, Three bags full; One for the master, And one for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down …

Coryne Hall is a historian and broadcaster specialising in Imperial Russia and European royalty, her books include Little Mother: A Biography of the Empress Marie Feodorovna, 1847-1928 …

The history behind the iconic beaked mask...2nd June 2014 By Frances White Why did doctors during the Black Death wear ‘beak masks’?

Much of Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary's life is a mystery, Jan MacKell Collins untangles the truth behind her elusive offspring

A dark and overlooked history lies at the heart of this hard-punching Chilean take on the Western

Santa Claus has become the dominant international figure of the holiday season. He might well be deemed the headline act, but the character arose from a synthesis of historic, folk and …