We often imagine medieval life as dull, dirty and short, with little in the way of material comfort or decoration. However, medieval Londoners were importing toys, treats and trinkets by the boatload ...

A peculiar seventh-century hoard unearthed in the English countryside could be the result of a "ritual killing," according to archaeologists.

Christmas is just around the corner. This festive season, we bring Christmas cheers and some really cool travel destinations ...

St. Christopher About ten years, ago, my wife Harriet and I spent part of a summer with my parents-in-law at their house in Burnham-Overy-Staithe, on the ...

Ancient rituals, religious symbolism and royal fashion combined to turn an evergreen into Christmas’s most enduring symbol.

In England, we’ve extraordinary sites such as West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and The Weald and Downland Museum. In East Kilbride, Scotland, there’s also an amazing rural life museum and Castell Henllys ...

Antisemitism is a key tenet of radical Islam, which poses a challenge for Western nations like Australia. Islamic State’s ...

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When the world burns red, blue is a palliative, writes . From the expanse of the sky to the glow of our screens, the colour contains a whole ocean of meaning.

After years of watching Americans shuffle through Europe's most famous attractions looking more exhausted than enchanted, I'm ...

The Middle Ages weren’t as dreary and desperate as you’d think, and peasants often had weeks of idle time during the holidays ...