During the Indian Mutiny, over a thousand men, women and children were trapped in the Commissioner’s residence at Lucknow.

Was it an over-excited imagination, or an answer to prayer?

The Founder of Singapore established his city on principles of free people and free trade.

An attempt to pay down the National Debt provoked a frenzy of financial speculation.

A maths prodigy from Madras became so wrapped up in his sums that he forgot to pass his examinations.

The unsung surveyor from Cheshire, who built railways and made friends across the world.