adultery

‘There were three of us in this marriage so it was a bit crowded.’ This week on Up to 90, we look at extra-marital affairs, with former Hollywood Star Arnold Schwarzenegger doing the naughty with his nanny whilst Prince Charles couldn’t…

The English have a somewhat undeserved reputation for being "cold fish" romantically. Their general stereotype is of reserve and aloofness, with none of the fire and passion that their Continental cousins like to display. But one man gave…

Ruth Brown, later to become Ruth Snyder, was born in Manhattan in 1895. She came from a working-class family but was determined to better herself. So though she had to leave full time education around the age of fifteen she got a job…

Daniel Sickles was born in October 1819 into a well-to-do family in New York City. His father was a patent lawyer and politician, and it was expected that young Daniel would follow him into these trades. In order to help him gain…

Carlo Gesualda was born in Venosa, part of the Kingdom of Naples in southern Italy in 1566. His father was the Prince of Venosa, having been granted that title in 1561 when he married Geronima Borromeo, niece of Pope Pius IV. Carlo was his…