Catherine Monvoisin was allegedly a poisoner who practiced human sacrifice. Her fall shoke the court of Louis XIV to its foundations.

The genius of Eugène François Vidocq lay in one simple principle. In order to catch a criminal, you had to be able think like a criminal. And in his case that was easy, because he was one. He’s ...

Abel Debritto, a former Fulbright and Marie Curie scholar, works in the digital humanities and is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. He is the author of Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground, and ...

The Roman Republic was one of the first great democracies, an influence on the world to this day. And we owe it all to Tarquin the Proud, a king so bad that he made his people swear to have no kings ...

Blasphemous cross-dresser, incestuous adulterer, ruler of the Roman underworld - Clodius was the jester capering in the ruins of the Roman Republic.

Petronilla de Meath was an Irish servant girl who in 1324 became the first European victim of witch-trial hysteria. Why is she only a footnote in history?

David O'Donoghue, our resident W.B. Yeat's fanboy, writes about the great poet and his interest in Fascism.

Have you ever wondered why your dog’s ears prick up even when you hear nothing? You sit reading the newspaper when Toby runs towards the door barking as if his best friend is outside. It could be ...

Todd Haynes’ Safe turns 30 this year, whilst undeniably relevant to dominant culture upon its release — often interpreted by viewers as an allegorical take on the AIDS crisis — it is exceedingly ...

He may already be familiar to large sections of the population thanks to roles in A Date for Mad Mary, Fair City and a viral performance as a bemused barber alongside Instagram sensation Darren Conway ...

Though he lacks the fame of his friends like Wyatt Earp, professional gambler Luke Short was one of the most notorious Wild West gunmen during his lifetime.

Fortunately, most major developers now take gender discrimination and sexism seriously. Developers like Rockstar have taken steps to close the gender pay gap and a recent report from the Entertainment ...