A set of rare photographs of one of the biggest hoaxes of the 20th century are due to go under the hammer in a UK auction house in April. The black and white images, which purported to capture real ...

In 1917, two little girls in England photographed fairies dancing and playing around their garden. Their names were Elsie Wright and her cousin Frances Griffiths. The girls told Wright's father that ...

One of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th century began with a sensational headline: Fairies Photographed! The yarn endured for six decades, until a rather disappointing confession in the 1980s confirmed ...

Photographs of one of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th century have sold for £2,600 at auction - more than twice their estimated worth. Pictures of the Cottingley Fairies were taken in 1917 by Elsie ...

A sculpture celebrating a hoax which fooled the world into believing in fairies will form the centrepiece of a new £73,000 community garden. Work has started to transform Cottingley Oval into a ...

Photographs of what is considered to be one of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th century are expected to fetch nearly £70,000 when they are sold at auction. Pictures of the Cottingley Fairies were taken ...

He was the creator of the most rational and intelligent detective of all time. So why, asks a new book, was Arthur Conan Doyle fooled into believing in fairies? Cottingley, a village outside Bradford ...

Photographs of one of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th century have sold for £2,600 at auction - more than twice their estimated worth. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you ...

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