This family of British aristocrats scandalised the world in the 1920s and 30s, for as many different reasons as you could possibly think! The daughters more than any of them!
How do you get multiple different supermarket business started in different parts of the world, with no connection to each other, with the same name? And have such different results?
Hamilton is of course a musical beloved by millions with so many historical stories to tell... and now that I've finally seen it live I wanted to pick one.
The Reformation took place over many decades in many countries, but in England, it mostly took two acts of Parliament.
He was a visionary filmmaker and director, but a personal life that didn't fit his times and a homeland that certainly didn't want him made this man's life that much harder.
With legendary players ranging from Herbie Hancock to Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston. this instrument was a mainstay of pop and jazz for decades, and even digital keyboards didn't entirely kill it off.
A significant and notable figure in history that was more than a name...
The city of Bristol in the UK made innovative use of a former industrial quay district that is now the home of some of the world's best culture!
I won't be one to celebrate a machine gun, but this machine did right by Britain at the right time and helped hold off the Nazis.
Doesn't Lapis lazuli just sound exotic and precious? It's an age old gem that has been used for nearly 10,000 years... quite the history!
It might have stayed in obscurity as an 18th century minor organ piece, but a series of fortuitous events led it to being a famous piece forever associated with horror stories.
While it's only in everyday use in a few countries now (but hey, US and UK keep it popular), the mile has a strange history, and is still not quite standardised!
