More than two centuries before Richard III would be accused of killing his own nephews, the Princes in the Tower, another ...

After becoming the first human to orbit Earth, Yuri Gagarin was transformed into a global celebrity and sent around the world as the smiling face of Soviet power. But what did the cosmonaut make of ...

Edward Colston gave millions in today's money to schools, almshouses and charitable causes, carefully crafting an image of ...

Behaving well as a host or visitor wasn’t just a matter of etiquette for the ancient Greeks – it was a sacred duty. Hilary Mitchell explores xenia, the ancient code of hospitality at the heart of Chri ...

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Borley Rectory was a large, red-brick house that stood in rural Essex. It was draughty and unkempt, and the subject of many local rumours. Nearby villagers referred to strange, ghostly figures that ...

According to the sagas, the Jomsvikings were a band of Norse warriors based in Jomsborg, which means ‘Jom Fortress’. It was called after its location on the island Jom, somewhere on the southern coast ...

The origins of the musketeers can be traced to 1600, when Henri IV formed the carabins, a unit of light cavalry armed with long guns called arquebuses, who became known for their marksmanship. In 1615 ...

So, you’re a person living in the medieval period and you find yourself on the wrong side of the law, or simply on the wrong side of the powerful. What worries you most: being locked up in a cell, ...

There was no single, organised and institutional religion of the Vikings. As they did not comprise a distinct social entity to begin with, it stands to reason they would not have a distinct set of ...

As Britain’s longest-reigning monarch – a rule of 68 years and counting – it’s fair to say that Queen Elizabeth II has probably seen it all. Prime ministers have come and gone; the royal family itself ...