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How the Idyllic Cornish Estate 'Menabilly' inspired novelist Daphne du Maurier Daphne du Maurier was born at 24 Cumberland Terrace,...

World Records Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was Lord Byron's only legitimate child. Heaven knows how many illegitimate children he was...

Born in 1888, George Francis Augustus Vernon, 8th Baron Vernon (1888-1915) had much promise. The only son of a Baron, the family owned...

Coco Chanel, style icon, the epitome of taste and refinement. The 'Wolf of Wall Street' a brash insider dealer who "partied like a rock...

We have all been watching "Escape to the Chateau" with Dick and Angel and wondering where you can find a little piece of France. It could...

Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Londsdale. Explorer, sportsman, eccentric, was one of the richest men in England and instigated the 'Londsdale...

Did a witch's warning ultimately lead to tragedy? Photo: Mary Scott Townsend http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/files/original/317718b40dfd...

How Prima Ballerina Ludmilla Tcherina danced her way across the silver screen. Harald-Reportagen, CC BY-SA 4.0...

The General who led Napoleon over the Alps. Jean Lannes (1769-1809) 1st Duke Montebello was one of Napoleon's three most trusted...

Was his tragic death in 1942 really an accident ? The forgotten story of the Queen's uncle and how he could have undermined the Monarchy....