The robbery of the century: the Great Train Robbery
In August 1963, fifteen men got together with the aim of robbing a Royal Mail train carrying more than two million pounds. Planned done to the last detail and brilliantly executed, the chain of subsequent events made this coup a legend. The outcome showed that, once again, truth is stranger than fiction.

We open the doors of an Ottoman harem
The impenetrability of these quarters reserved for the women of the Sultan of the Ottoman empire has always fascinated the West. Although appearing to be a prison for concubines, harems concealed a universe conceived in an entirely feminine way in which there was only one real prisoner: the Sultan.

What is the origin of the signs of the zodiac?
From ancient times, Sumerians, Greeks and Arabs have contemplated the sky and have filled it with mythological figures, the most famous of which are those that correspond to the signs of the zodiac. Now that we are entering a new year, it is a good time to recover the legends that lie behind the constellations that decorate the firmament.

The beginnings of sport in Catalonia
Athletes with neatly parted hair, rowers looking like gondolieri, cycles with spotless clothing or footballers posing next to the ball as if they were models. This is how modern sport commenced in Catalonia, a phenomenon that, initially, was very closely linked to the bourgeoisie, but has become more popular and spread to the rest of society.