The private chambers of medieval kings and queens are being brought back to life as some of the oldest parts of the historic Tower of ...

"Medieval antisemitic tropes like the blood libel are alive and well. Parts of humanity really haven’t progressed at all," ...

We’re living in a world which is becoming more frightening by the day, and yet the charitable works of modest organisations ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...

The United States has long been a melting pot, with a wonderful history of people from all over the world moving to America ...

On a brief return to Britain, I was concerned to see that London has undergone a dramatic demographic change. The city of my ...

A town on the Oxfordshire border has been named among the happiest in the UK. The Guardian has published a new feature on the ...

Swap the Balearics or Barcelona for these havens of peace that have yet to be discovered by the holidaying hordes ...

Known as the Bromeswell bucket, the artifact found at England’s Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon site probably held the cremated remains of an important person, archaeologists say.

The National Churches Trust says St Andrew's is the oldest wooden church in the world and the oldest stave-built timber ...

It’s not just the free tours that make a city great for exploring on two feet. Time Out’s own list of the world’s most ...