These two books arrive from opposite ends of the literary map -- one a medieval biography structured around a contemporary walk through England, the other a late entry in a long-running urban fantasy ...

How small our leaders are, how petty and parochial. For all Sir Keir Starmer’s bluster about national resilience, he is ...

Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.

For generations, a misidentified medieval manuscript was hidden in a 474-year-old English boarding school’s library. After a ...

Archaeologists in England recently discovered the sixth- and seventh-century graves, which also contained numerous weapons ...

Grave 109 at Oakington is a rare triple burial, holding the remains of a female infant, a young woman (left) and an older woman (center). Duncan Sayer The soldiers arrived in “three ships of war, with ...

As Valentine’s Day approaches, the many facets of passion are going on display in an exhibition called “Love Letters” at ...

Before the witch hunts of the early modern era, there were the quiet, terrifying origins of suspicion. This video explores ...

In medieval Europe, castles were the ultimate homes for kings and nobles. The big stone structures weren't just fancy ...

A view of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on the southern coast of England shows Studland Bay, the location of a sunken thirteenth-century ship known as the Mortar Wreck. For the past 750 years, a ...

A Good Morning Britain guest has revealed the "horrific" ordeal that left her "fighting for her life". Friday's (January 9) edition of the hit ITV breakfast show saw Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh ...

LONDON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- As Storm Goretti rapidly intensifies over the Atlantic, forming a "weather bomb," the UK Met Office has upgraded wind warnings to the rare red alert level on Thursday. The ...