Victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism call on the Home Secretary to press for one of Colonel Gaddafi’s key lieutenants to be extradited Abdullah al-Senussi, 68, in Libyan jail alongside a fellow Lockerbie bomb suspect One of Colonel Gaddafi’s key lieutenants thought to be mastermind behind attack which blew up New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 … Read more
Map that shows the terror of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift: Lieutenant’s ‘anxiety-inducing’ notes detail how 139-strong British force held off 3,000 Zulus in infamous siege Lt John Chard’s men held off 3,000 Zulu warriors during the 1879 Battle of Rorke’s Drift in South Africa Queen Victoria was presented with an account by Chard of … Read more
Book me in: Put on your Meryl stare and head to Lyme Regis – the setting of classic novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles is set in Victorian Lyme Regis You can visit the mansion called Belmont, where the author wrote the book The fossil-packed Lyme … Read more