It is to Europe, in particular Germany, that we must look for the oldest festive ties to Krampus…

Earth has produced ice ages, periods of tropical heat, droughts and floods throughout history, and we have evolved through them. These natural changes in climate have been gradual, though.

The Greek word ‘demokratia,’ when translated literally, means ‘people power,’ and referred to the ‘masses’ having a say in the running of their region.

Whilst medical practise didn’t take note of what the villagers of Eyam had achieved straight away, slowly the procedures they had adopted were copied, such as quarantine zones to limit or prevent the spread of disease.

One of the reasons flash fiction is such a good tool for the aspiring writer is that it helps to teach you how to make an instant impact.

Da Vinci is famed not only for his painting, but for having sketched designs for such things as bicycles, helicopters and parachutes hundreds of years before they were actually invented. He had an endless capacity for learning, and is quoted as saying, “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”

In reality, Hadrian’s Wall never formed any part of the border between England and Scotland… at the time of its construction the two kingdoms did not officially exist.

Prior to the OU, there had long been a belief that university education was the province of the rich. It was considered beyond the remit of the poorer classes – not to mention being too expensive.

Only two years after his appointment as Emperor, in 46BC, Caesar was to become a victim of the very political unrest he’d used to elevate himself to power.

“…looking back and thinking of those early instruments, we cannot but marvel that the experiment turned out so successfully…” – Guglielmo Marconi on his first transatlantic radio transmission.