Q&A

Illustration showing woman receiving a caesarean section

General History

Q&A What are the origins of the caesarean section?

Illustration by @GlenMcIllustration

Q&A Which king thought he was made of glass

An emu stares into the camera

Q&A What was the Emu War?

Portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, showing his pronounced Habsburg jaw

Q&A What was the Habsburg jaw?

A 1779 cartoon showing the United States as a horse, unseating its rider, George III

Q&A Did George III read the American Declaration of Independence?

A man walking past a pile of uncollected rubbish during the Winter of Discontent, 22 September 1978

Q&A What was the Winter of Discontent?

Tudors play real tennis, a precursor to the modern game of tennis

Q&A What was Real Tennis?

The fourth earl of Sandwich, contemplating a sandwich in a thought bubble

Did the Earl of Sandwich invent the sandwich?

A woman reading a vintage thesaurus

Q&A Who wrote the first thesaurus?

Vampires-3-8039305

Q&A Were vampires buried with a stake through their heart?

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen

Q&A Who were the Ladies of Llangollen?

Dancers perform in a Cinco de Mayo celebration

Q&A What does Cinco de Mayo commemorate?

A wall mosaic of Picasso’s Guernica painting.

Q&A Why did Pablo Picasso paint Guernica?

Photo of Holy Trinity Church

Q&A Where is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?

The coats of arms of the kingdoms of Scotland and France

Q&A How old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?