In the 11th-Century masterpiece's tale of a contested throne, virility is equated to power – and the largest and proudest ...

September, the town of Egremont in Cumbria gathers for the annual crab fair. Established in 1267, the fair has nothing to do ...

She struck gold literally. An hour and a half into her first excavation, an American archaeology student found an artefact ...

Exclusive: campaigners warn 600-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth could be ‘shaken to pieces’ by vibrations ...

Before William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson were deadly adversaries, they were comrades and brothers in arms ...

Recently discovered on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, the pages include Bible passages, poems, plays and other texts.

Forget swords, arrows, and getting dramatically thrown from a castle wall. Scientists may have identified something much more ...

In medieval Europe, ghost sightings were taken seriously and often tied to religion. Many believed spirits were souls trapped ...

The BBC's Laura Cress gets a first look at the biggest games in Cologne from Witcher 3 to Alien: Isolation 2.

For medieval people, reputation was paramount. To be considered reliable, reputable and respectable was important at all levels of society, from the king to the peasantry. Based on the legal ...

Much has been written about the return of this thousand-year-old embroidery to British shores. But what of its style ...

Despite parking concerns being raised by the town's businesses, Shrewsbury is performing well on visitor numbers, with ...