People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
On the 4th of June, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed Parliament.
Although C.S. Lewis was frequently "on the air" during World War II, the BBC has very few surviving broadcasts.
This C.S. Lewis audio clip is from the BBC Series "Beyond Personality.
Not long after she received her diary, as a birthday present, Anne Frank and her father took a walk together near their Amsterdam home.
Three days after Anne Frank told "Kitty" about an unsettling conversation with her father - that the Frank family may have to go into hiding somewhere...
Three days after Anne Frank told "Kitty" about an unsettling conversation with her father - that the Frank family may have to go into hiding somewhere...
Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living with her family in Amsterdam, was thirteen years old during the summer of 1942. At the time, German forces were...
Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living with her family in Amsterdam, was thirteen years old during the summer of 1942. At the time, German forces were...
Dylan Thomas was distraught, in 1951, as his father - David John Thomas - was gravely ill.
On the 8th of December, 1941 - the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed - Americans received their up-to-date news from the radio.
In the summer of 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin - who married the poet Percy Shelley later that year - was visiting Lord Byron at his rented villa i...
Three years have passed since Victor Frankenstein created his monster.
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