Yusupov Palace was once home to one of the richest aristocratic families in the Russian Empire. It also became infamous as the setting for an extremely bizarre murder; that of Grigori Rasputin. On a cold winters day in 1916, the … Read More
The former Trotsky home in Mexico City, now a museum, remains much as it was on the day that the revolutionary was murdered. In fact, the room where a man named Ramón Mercader smashed an ice axe into Trotsky’s skull … Read More
The senseless murder of John Lennon on December 8, 1980, shocked the world. Sporting events and television broadcasts were interrupted with special news bulletins, for those old enough to remember it, it was very much a case of where were … Read More
On the 16th of October 2006, two Russian men walked along Grosvenor Street, a wealthy area of central London. Their names were Andrei Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun and they had been sent to this location under very special circumstances. In … Read More
In the spring of 2017, I traveled the Trans Siberian from East to west. I started in Beijing and finished in Moscow, a route I highly recommend as far fewer tourists take it. Along the journey, I was able to … Read More