March 2009 – Volume 10 - No 3

Richard III
The last Yorkist King was hacked to death at Bosworth in 1485. Now a new theory suggests aristocratic feuding was the cause of his demise.

WW1 flying aces
The dramatic careers of two First World War pilots who notched up over a hundred kills between them.

Gold rush
How a group of Cornish fisherman sailed a tiny craft to the other end of the earth in the search of Australian gold.

Solving the riddle of King Arthur's round table
How Edward I appropriated the legendary monarch to assist his own political goals in the 13th century.

Darwin and the great Dodo hunt
Divided by their opinions on natural selection, two Victorian scientists fought bitterly to be the first to define the dodo's anatomy.

A criminal conversation
An 18th-century tale of adultery and greed that ended up in the courts and helped introduce changes to the divorce laws of Britain.