From the age of 21, William began fathering a child roughly every two years, a pattern he continued well into his later years ...

What do you know about the medieval tussle between the English royal houses of Lancaster and York? Here are some obscure ...

In the 1930s and 40s, that life shifted in an unexpected direction. Artists seeking space, affordability, and community began arriving.

A new virtual reality experience, The Last Stronghold, opens in Shepherd’s Bush next month, transporting visitors to medieval ...

Having once rollerbladed the length of another microstate, Liechtenstein, I decided that tackling San Marino on foot could be a fun idea, and my friend, Jane, was instantly up for the challenge too.

Frodsham packs a lot of history into a relatively small West Cheshire town. Main Street, its principal thoroughfare, is lined with trees planted for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.

No longer deemed dated, tapestries are having a real moment in contemporary interiors. With their sense of history, depth of colour and tactility, tapestries feel warmer and more intimate than framed ...

Millennials understood that a movie that mixed Heath Ledger in armour with David Bowie and Geoffrey Chaucer couldn’t go wrong. Patrick Smith salutes the return of a lurid, anachronistic trendsetter ...

Conservation work is shortly to begin on a set of rare 12th Century church frescoes which were discovered after an arson attack. Restoration work on St Mary Magdalene's Church in Ickleton, near ...

Discover a scenic riverside stroll from Hebden Bridge exploring Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Water and the area’s 19th-century cotton mills.

Singapore's past just got a lot busier than the "sleepy fishing village" origin story suggests. A newly analyzed 14th-century ...

With the film release of the new Wuthering Heights film the talk of the town, plenty of Brits might be seeking a similar ...