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Big enough to bail out the US, buy in a President & build the first billion dollar company. Meet JP Morgan. His millionaire father, Junius, made his fortune by investing other people’s money and ...

Although nothing more than the actors’ faces were shown, Pope Pius XII denounced the film, Hitler banned it and America gave it a limited run years later. However, many considered Ecstasy a great ...

His portrait covered buildings all over Iraq as a reminder of his powerful grip. But Saddam Hussein was eventually made to pay for his crimes against humanity. Saddam Hussein has the dubious ...

Matthew Pinsent CBE – Oxford. Won in 1990 and 1991 and was the losing President in 1993. The Winklevoss twins – Oxford 2010 losing team. They are better known as the disputed joint founders of ...

Éliphas Lévi might be the most influential magician you’ve never heard of. He was born in France on 8th February 1810 and did not start professing knowledge of the occult until the age of 40. However, ...

Win or lose, the passion and dedication of Olympic athletes is awe-inspiring, not to mention the bravery required to perform for such huge audiences. To label any of them as ‘the worst’ would be ...

Think of the great British footballing icons from the distant past. Fans may point to the likes of the Busby Babes, or legendary goalie Gordon Banks, or Stanley Matthews, the “wizard of the dribble”.

The British monarchy has many deep-rooted German links. The first two Hanoverian monarchs — George I and George II — grew up in German lands. George III and Queen Victoria had German-born spouses. The ...