“These freaks with white make-up and black robes would come up to us after our gigs and invite us to black masses at Highgate Cemetery in London,” Osbourne wrote. “I’d say to them, ‘Look, mate, the ...

On the occasion of the 142nd death anniversary of Karl Marx, as has happened each year since March 17,1883 when Frederick Engels had delivered his historic speech at the graveside of his closest ...

KATE MOSS once said “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” and promptly became a jet-setting multimillionaire living off a ...

If you are looking to see more of Europe while visiting Paris, this is an ecological way to see multiple countries and sites ...

WALK up Fitzjohn’s Avenue, Hampstead, and at No 59 you’ll see a plaque for the soprano Jennifer Vyvyan which ought to be ...

Author RACHEL HOLMES invites readers to come to her talk in London about the great foremother of the working-class women’s movement – Eleanor Marx ...

From McCarthy’s prison cells to London’s carnival, Jones fought for peace and unity while exposing the lies of US imperialism, says ROBERT GRIFFITHS, in a graveside oration at Highgate Cemetery given ...

Elsewhere, Highgate Cemetery is also marking 50 years since a trust was formed to rescue the historic burial ground. Talks and film included an insight on the creation of the Holly Lodge and ...

Eleven-year-old Michael Carey was the first person to be buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, the most famous place to be laid to rest in Ireland. On this day, February 22, 1832, the first burial was ...

It's rare that the Ham&High letters page sets off the kind of mass hysteria that inspires a comic book, song, films and podcasts. But that's what happened in 1970 when self-styled psychic ...

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