Historical Articles 

A Security Lesson On 7 November 2000, the Millennium Dome in London became the scene of one of Britain’s most audacious attempted robberies. The target was the Millennium Star, a 203-carat diamond, displayed alongside 11 rare blue diamonds. The collection was estimated to be worth around £200 million. The gang, led by career criminals including Lee Wenham and

A Robbery That Changed Museum Security Forever In the early hours of March 18, 1990, one of the most audacious and consequential art thefts in history took place in Boston, Massachusetts. Thirteen works of art—valued today at over half a billion dollars—were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. More than three decades later, the

On the evening of November 28, 1942, Boston’s most glamorous nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove, became the scene of one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history. Within minutes, the popular nightspot was reduced to ashes, claiming 492 lives and injuring hundreds more. The disaster remains the deadliest nightclub fire ever recorded and one of the most influential events in shaping

London’s Most Dazzling Crime Still Unsolved It was a sunny August afternoon in 2009 when two sharply dressed men walked into Graff Diamonds on London’s prestigious New Bond Street. Wearing tailored suits, expensive shoes, and confident expressions, they looked like typical high-end customers. But what unfolded next would become one of the most daring and expensive jewellery heists

In edition19 of our Infinite Beyond Newsletter, we reflected on the tragic events that followed the fire at Notre Dame de Paris on 15th April 2019. Have a read though of our article below. Notre Dame de Paris, the iconic Gothic cathedral in the heart of Paris and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, suffered a

It was a summer afternoon in 2003 when a piece of history was stolen from its home. Drumlanrig Castle, nestled in the Scottish countryside, housed one of the few remaining works of Leonardo da Vinci still in private hands: The Madonna of the Yarnwinder. The painting had been a prized possession of the Buccleuch family for

72 people died, 2 more later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 233 escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the UK since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform disaster. It was also the worst UK residential fire since World War 2. The fire started from an electrical fault in a fridge

In April 2015 an underground safe deposit facility in Hatton Garden London was burgled. According to official sources, the total stolen had an estimated value of up to £14 million, of which only £4.3 million has been recovered. The heist was planned and carried out by 6 elderly men who were experience thieves. 4 other

On 18th November 1987, the worst fire in the history of the London Underground began when a match was dropped on the escalators. The fire claimed the lives of 31 people, including a senior ranked firefighter – and over 100 seriously injured. It took 17 years to finally identify 73-year-old Alexander Fallon, who was killed

Take a look at this edition historic event, the Windsor castle fire. This segment tells us the history of the significant event of Windsor Castle and how the fire started, and how long it took to complete the restoration. It also points out how much damage the fire caused throughout the castle, as well as