Who was the most notorious drug kingpin of all time? You might think it was Pablo Escobar, or maybe El Chapo—but you’d be wrong. More than 100 years before those guys were born, there was an ...

Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II. By Geoffrey Wheatcroft Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the author, most recently, of “Bloody Panico!: Or, Whatever ...

A Midwestern therapist with a mullet, tattoos and nose piercing may be a descendant of Queen Victoria’s secret lovechild, a British historian has claimed. Angela Webb-Milinkovich, a mental-health ...

Go back just over 150 years, and you find the person at the front and centre of one of the world's biggest drug empires wasn't a cartel or street thugs in South America but a queen. According to ...

The monarch set fashion trends during her time, and the flower holder became a sought-after accessory in Victorian society Carol A. Grissom - Senior Objects Conservator, Museum Conservation Institute ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented expansion ...