The 1700’s is the century of the Reason, epoch of great changes and that in some ways has revolutionised if not the world per sé at least the way of thinking of…
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The toothpick is a tiny wooden object, to be used on a daily basis for many people which doesn’t arise any curiosity and that, once used, inevitably ends up in the bin.…
The story of the woman considered as one of the most sadistic ones from Spain entwines with the one of the “Semana Trágica”, the tragic week, in 1909 even though it is…
A man by himself, under the sky of Rome. Dark skin like concrete, barefoot, smiling, the very first one to cross the finish line under the Arch of Constantine. It was Saturday…
Dancer, adventure, femme fatale. Who really was Mata Hari, the most known female secret agent in history? After a century from the death of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, that’s her real name, it…
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a list with the most popular and majestic buildings which fascinated cultures of the ancient times. Of all these Wonders only one has made…
On Henry VIII historians and writers have shared so many words. Cultured and refined exponent of the Tudor dynasty as well as a despotic and bloodthirsty sovereign, Henry VIII is mainly remembered…
Paris, 7th July 1951. Francisco Boix was only 31 but he had seen enough horror to be done for his following 10 lives. At the age of 18 he fought in the…
Throughout history the city of Venice inspired a number of writers: from William Shakespeare and his Othello and the Merchant of Venice to Thomas Mann with Death in Venice, going to the…
There is not much information about Petronilla de Meath if not the fact that she was the first woman to be burnt at the stake as a witch in Kilkenny, Ireland, in…