Two Irish television writers discuss their participation in the European-wide VR writers' room, Words Across Europe.

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 ...

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

The marriage of Fred and Maria Manning was far from a happy one, with infidelity on both sides. Not even joining together to commit murder could brimg them closer.

Strong-willed and determined, Christina of Sweden was always trouble, But in an age of hereditary monarchs, her sexuality was the biggest problem of all.

Prehistoric cave paintings are among the world’s first-known and least-understood works of art. At least two hundred painted caves, some dating to as early as 30,000 BCE, have been found throughout ...

Joseph Fouché was a bloody-handed architect of the French Terror; but he avoided any backlash for it. There's always employment for a man without scruples.

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 ...

Mia Doring deconstructs Tony Robbins' documentary from a therapist's perspective and tells us why its horribly inappropriate.

Do you remember the time the King's French wife invaded and conquered England? Probably not...they don't like to take about Isabella, She-Wolf of France.

Jose Llulla was one of the most famous of American duellists, said to own his own cemetery to bury his victims. Was he as bloodthirsty as he is painted?

Portrait of Vlad drawn in 1560, reputedly a copy of one made while he was alive. Few outside of Romania and Bulgaria would have heard of their folk hero Vlad Tepes if it had not been for an Irish ...