On a rainy July afternoon 35 years ago, what was supposed to be a routine safety lecture at the Valcartier army cadet camp north of Quebec City turned into a nightmare for 138 cadets crammed into an improvised classroom when a live grenade exploded, killing…

The BBC's Nick Bryant tries out the world's longest golf course - which stretches across two states, South Australia and Western Australia. On some holes, there's even the hazard that dingoes could steal your ball.

internment camps operated by the British in South Africa during the Second Boer War

Spaceballs has gradually gained a cult following in recent years, but what opinion did Star Wars' creator George Lucas have on the movie's release?

Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project - a new documentary by Matt Wolf. Marion Stokes was an activist who secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years on 70,000 VHS tapes.

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"Gangsta's Paradise" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring American singer L.V. The song was released on Coolio's second album of the same name (1995), as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds. It samples the chorus and instrumentation…

Mike Oldfield looks back over his debut 1973 album and the massive impact Tubular Bells has had

We often think of grief as something which happens after a death. In fact, grief can start a long time before someone dies, but this often isn't acknowledged, or even understood.

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The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 30 November…

The founder of psychoanalysis had a serious blow habit.

Learn why some gifted kids are bossy, which can be rather puzzling to parents, and how to handle a bossy gifted youngster.

Many of us have been there before. The train slows, and we hear the Conductor announce: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are being delayed by freight train traffic ahead.” Freight trains...

To hear Charlie Duke tell it, his life's most important moment did not come 50 years ago...

The transformations actors undertake for roles can lead to some incredible and memorable performances. We've compiled a second list to recognize 10 more.

At Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico on December 10, 1954, the Sonic Wind No. 1 rocket sled let loose 40,000 pounds of thrust and propelled United States Air Force flight surgeon Col. John Stapp more than 3,000 feet in a few seconds. The benefits of Stapp’s…

From Bond to The Batman, films are nearing the leg-crossing, buttock-numbing three-hour mark. Bring back the interval, says our writer, and a golden era of cinema will follow