For starters, she was a woman, a former sex worker who married into the pirate life but turned out to be really, really good at piracy. While Caribbean pirates like Blackbeard could boast a ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

threw up his mission for a life of piracy. He was eventually caught and executed along with his officers, the remainder of his crew being sent to a penal colony in Tasmania. Twenty years later ...

Many pirates, including the infamous Blackbeard, were privateers before they decided that the pirate life was for them. During the golden age of piracy, their party place of choice was an island ...

Bosses from two of the world’s leading sports media businesses have warned the industry that it faces a financial crisis unless it gets to grips with rampant online piracy. Speaking at The ...