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 Matthew Stanger | May 23, 2026 | Latest, People, Sport
For generations, chess had been the Soviets’ game, a symbol of strategy and intellect that the US simply couldn’t attain. This wasn’t until Bobby Fischer’s American Dream style took offence to the Eastern reign and defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess...
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...
