Some downthetubes readers may have seen three-times Grammy nominated British singer Joan Armatrading recently enthusing about The Beano in The Guardian, an interview tying in with the launch of her ...
Joan’s idyllic childhood gave way to the realities of World War II. At the age of 20, she joined the British Royal Air Force’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. “It was something all of us ...
But it’s easier when a person’s life has nothing but conflict. The life of Joan Hannington, one of the UK’s most notorious jewel thieves in the 1980s, has more twists and turns than most ...
Joan of Arc was an unlikely military hero who — believing she’d been recruited by God — led an army to save the French city of Orléans from a British siege in 1429. Orleans is our sister ...
Joan of Arc was as religious as a person can get without turning into a stained-glass window. When she was just 13 she claimed to have been visited by three saints – Michael, Catherine and Margaret.
Need a scenic getaway? Ride along with retired Australian detective Jack Darby (The Thorn Birds’ Bryan Brown) and British widow Joan Kirkhope (Greta Scacchi), who bonded in the first season of ...