Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson were the dynamic duo of frontier justice
Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson were two of the Old West’s most famous lawmen, but their stories are far from simple
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How two former PMs wanted to save 24 Sussex Drive for future generations
Unfortunately, the PMO kyboshed a fundraising initiative to refurbish 24 Sussex Drive proposed by Harper and Chretien
The Duel: Bannister, Landy, and the four-minute mile
Roger Bannister was the first man to break the four-minute mile, but John Landy topped it a mere 46 days later
Cancel culture targets another great Canadian hero
French explorer and father of New France Samuel de Champlain attacked for being ‘too colonial’
The first rock ’n’ roll Christmas
The controversy and clever marketing behind Elvis Presley’s Rock ’n’ Roll Christmas album
Origins of the Armenian Genocide trace back to the early 1900s
GERRY CHIDIAC: The deep-rooted history behind the Artsakh-Karabakh conflict and the Armenian Genocide
Piecing together the last days of Imperial Japan
PAT MURPHY: Historical animosity between Japan and the Soviet Union shaped the final act of the Second World War
Reagan and Trudeau’s opposing reactions to KAL 007 tragedy
PAT MURPHY: As Canada’s Washington ambassador, Allan Gotlieb, put it: “Trudeau believes the Soviets can do no wrong”
British Columbia’s greatest judge deserves a fair trial of his own
PETER SHAWN TAYLOR: How Sir Matthew Begbie, who stood up for native rights, went from revered to reviled
The real story behind Thomas Becket and Murder in the Cathedral
PAT MURPHY: Was Becket, perhaps subconsciously, simply in search of sainthood and martyrdom?
Prigozhin’s march on Moscow: The perils of ignoring the lessons of the past
SIMON BENNETT: A striking parallel can be drawn between the Prigozhin rebellion and Caesar’s historic crossing of the Rubicon
John F. Kennedy was an Irish-American who transcended his roots
PAT MURPHY: In June 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was welcomed to Ireland as ‘the first citizen of the great republic of the west’
If Britain had stood aside in 1914
PAT MURPHY: What if Germany had won the First World War? How would the world look today?
Who was to blame for the First World War?
PAT MURPHY: Unravelling the blame game: Exploring the complex factors behind the First World War
Zelenskyy and Ukraine join elite company with 2023 Charlemagne Prize
PAT MURPHY in BOOKS: But who was Charlemagne and why is a prize named after him?
Erase our history, erase ourselves
JACK MINTZ: The Trudeau government is out to erase Canadian history
Marie Antoinette’s formidable mother a powerful and controversial ruler
PAT MURPHY: Austrian ruler Maria Theresa was one tough cookie
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