by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Heros, Latest, People, War
Shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission at the height of the Cold War, Francis Gary Powers’s story of being captured and exchanged for a Russian spy went on to be immortalised in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies. His son, Gary Powers Jr discusses...
by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Heros, War
Antony Penrose knew next to nothing about his mother, Lee Miller’s life before he was born, in his own words, he had “dismissed her as being a useless drunk who’d achieved nothing,” he says. It wasn’t until after his mother’s death in 1977 that his outlook on...
by Ben Simpson | May 23, 2026 | Activism, Heros, Latest, Top Story
How Kubrick and Trumbo forged Spartacus into a symbol of rebellion during the civil rights era in America, and how Kirk Douglas’ fight against oppression goes beyond the film reel. The day is October 28th, 1947. American screenwriter Dalton Trumbo stood before the...
by Max Newman | May 23, 2026 | Heros, Latest, Leaders, War
Robert the Bruce rises amongst a sea of strewn corpses. Beneath a thick layer of mud, his eyes are wide, a visage carved of pure adrenaline. At his feet, his adversary, the Prince of Wales, scrambles, sobbing desperately in fear and frustration as the dust settles...
