Dictators: Joseph Stalin-Architect of The Iron Curtain
Joseph Stalin was the major architect of what Churchill called The Iron Curtain – a divided Europe which was established after World War 2.
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Romania
Ceausescu’s Palace of the People
History Facts Where: Bucharest, Romania When: 1967 – 1989 History: Destruction of old city replaced with tyrant’s epic vision of a
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Globe Guides: Haunted
In this ghostly guide, travellers Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro, Megan McCormick and Lavina Tan show you their favourite haunts from across the globe. We
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Romania’s “Big Three”: Bears, Wolves and Lynx
Few animals are as enigmatic as the bear, which has captured the imagination of people for thousands of years. The brown bear is the most widespread bear in the world, found in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
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Prince of Darkness: The Real Count Dracula
The popular image of Dracula is of a blood-sucking vampire, who snoozes in a coffin and turns into a bat when the sun goes down owes much to Bram Stoker who created this blood-thirsty Nosferatu based on the equally gory heroics of a real Romanian Prince in his novel published in 1897. But who was the real Prince of Darkness?
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