Legend

The woman who would become infamous as Minnie Dean was born on the 2nd October 1844 in Renfrewshire, Scotland . Her full name was Williamina McCulloch, but her unwieldy first name was soon shortened to Minnie. She was the fourth of…

Our weekly round-up of news and trailers reviews featuring some isolated children, Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy and 5 movies to watch this week on your tellybox... It's The Showreel! Film News From Twins to Triplets Rumours of a sequel to…

A lot of the Legends of the Months so far have been people that I'd really like to be. At least for a little while. I'd like to be Leonardo Da Vinci, and just solve some shit, or be Muddy Waters and start something incredible. The Legends…

Out of the Highland mist emerged three camels. Their riders, white bearded men wearing oriental gowns and turbans, were quarrelling. 'You may be a wise man, Balthazar, but you skipped the geography classes, didn't you?' Melchior lashed…

Every country has traditions that seem alien to onlookers. For example, when trying to explain the existence of Dustin the Turkey to my non-Irish friends I am often met with confusion and bemusement. It is quite difficult to find the…

Phineas Taylor Barnum was born in 1810 in the town of Bethel, Connecticut. His family had deep roots thereabouts - he was named for his mother’s father, a local judge. His own father was, according to PT Barnum’s obituary, “ever on the…

Who else could be the Legend of the Month in HeadStuff's first December? Of course it's big ol' jolly Santa Claus, this guy basically is December. His jolly spirit and no nonsense attitude is what December is all about. He's also the first…

One important lesson for any historian is this: beware of imposing our values on the past. While we should naturally avoid taking on archaic moral attitudes ourselves, we must always remember that the cultures of the past judged things…

Our weekly look at the latest news and trailers from the world of film features Martin Luther King getting in a fight, South African rap mentalists Die Antwoord acting with a robot and a look at a decent way to spend 10 hours in front of…

No organisation quite captures the air of genteel decay that pervaded English society in the Georgian era quite like the Hellfire Club. The 18th and early 19th century was a hard time for England. A succession of wastrel princes became…