O’Malley attacked English ships, pilfering their cargo ... is covering a number fascinating—yet largely overlooked—historical figures, from the first woman to circumnavigate the globe ...

Describing a person is a common task in English speaking tests. In this lesson, we demonstrate how to structure your response when describing a historical figure. We use the example of Mei Quong ...

Languages: English, Spanish Researchers have recreated the face of an 18th century pretender to the British throne with the help of a death mask. But what other historic figures could have their ...

Where Historical Figures Really Rank ... This they found in the English-language Wikipedia, which has more than 840,000 pages devoted to individuals from all times and places, plus data extracted ...

The charity English Heritage aims to bring life to lesser known histories of African people living in Britain. English Heritage has today unveiled six new portraits depicting six historic figures ...

The poor historical novelist. It’s so difficult to measure up to the contemporary gold standard of the genre: Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” series. Her novels about Thomas Cromwell, chief ...

Meanwhile, only 7% of those surveyed could name more than four historical figures. We take a look at some of the most ... before being purchased by an English merchant who brought him to England, ...