Merrick had a skeletal and soft tissue deformity which saw him as a freak show attraction, then a medical curiosity. His skeleton has been preserved at the Royal London Hospital since his death.

The skeleton fetched a European record price of €6.65m ($7.74m; £5.6m). Some 66 million years ago, Big John roamed modern-day South Dakota in the US, where the dinosaur's bones were unearthed ...

When David Lynch’s haunting and heartbreaking story of the disfigured John Merrick would air on HBO in the early 1980s, Marino found himself horrified but unable to look away, sparking a ...

John Skelton, Court poet, writer and playwright, was buried in the chancel of St Margaret's church Westminster on 21st June 1529. He has no monument or inscription today but Weever, writing in 1631, ...

John Skelton has a chance to prove in Tennessee what most analysts already believe to be the case: that he should be the starting quarterback when the Cardinals open the regular season. Here are ...

The results are in! Congratulations to John, whose carol will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 throughout Christmas Day. John is the winner of the Radio 3 Carol Competition 2018! Listen to his carol now.

Sports News // 1 decade ago Skelton to start at QB for Arizona John Skelton will start at quarterback for Arizona Sunday after rookie Ryan Lindley proved ineffective the past two games ...

LONDON — John Skelton has been named cultural and creative director of EBIT, a clothing brand founded by Simon Whitehouse that aims to spark conversations about mental health. EBIT, which stands ...