Witness testimony about dreams and visions was considered legitimate evidence used to convict defendants.

In an interview with CNN Business, Jacky Wright commented that, as a Black woman, she felt “There are more opportunities in the US than there are in the UK”

The Queen had informed her Secretary that Amy Robsart was “dead, or nearly so” despite news of this death not reaching court until the day after she had died.

The fire destroyed around 13,200 houses, 87 churches, The Royal Exchange, Guildhall and St. Paul’s Cathedral, which had been built in the Middle Ages.

Cacao beans were especially valued by the Aztecs – they were used as currency as well as for a drink for the higher classes.

The word reggae comes from the term “rege-rege” which means rags, a reference to the mixture of musical styles that the genre developed from.

She’s met 13 out of the last 14 US presidents, there have been six Roman Catholic Popes since she became Queen, and she’s worked with 14 British Prime Ministers.

Many countries around the world, particularly those with colonial connections to Europe, mark April Fool’s Day, and each has its own traditions for doing so.

Presented in no particular order, this list is a selection of some of the world’s favourite books, as credited by top writers, literary critics and scholars.

Across the centuries, whilst many Christian followers did pay tribute to Saint Valentine on the 14th of February, there was no actual record of romantic celebrations on the specific date, until a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1375.