On April 19, 1995, the United States witnessed the worst single act of terrorism in its history. Just after 09:00...
For two years, I've been investigating the Jack the Ripper case - pouring over the original police and court records,...
June 1985 witnessed a vicious pitched battle between riot police and what were described as 'New Age Travellers' in the...
Two plastic balls linked by a skinny rope caused the most ridiculous moral panic at at the start of the...
Nearly forty years ago, a police officer was hacked to death during a night of violence in north London. Police...
On December 6, 1989, Doctor Who as a TV series (there were movie spin-offs) came to an end after a...
1985 was a thrilling year for Cold War spies with two double agents dominating the headlines. One was a high...
It's hard to believe but a whole swathe of the British population, still very much alive today, was legally beaten...
Being told to stand still. The lights going up. The police entering in large numbers. Frisking. Individuals led away. Court...
I ended the 1980s in Bellshill - just outside Glasgow having spent Christmas in Geneva, Switzerland. A winter holiday season...