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Don’t know the Battle of Bosworth from the Battle of Bannockburn? Confused between Magna Carta and the Domesday Book? We’ve got you covered. Here we bring you 10 key medieval dates you need to know… 10 medieval dates you need to know Don’t know the Battle of Bosworth from the Battle of...

A water company carrying out works in Glasgow has uncovered what has been described as 'the most significant archaeological find in a generation'. Remains of two Scottish castles were unearthed during a project to upgrade the city's waste water infrastructure. The team of archaeologists...

In the early 19th century, William Cunnington discovered a burial site near Stonehenge. In one of the barrows he excavated at Normanton Down, the remains of a woman were found alongside some of the most well-preserved jewellery historians have ever seen. Now, more than 200 years later, these...

The battle over Tintagel Castle, the legendary birthplace of King Arthur, is continuing after a group of 200 Cornish historians accused English Heritage of turning the site into a Disney-style theme park. The Cornwall Association of Local Historians argued the organisation is mixing fact and...

So that's it then, is it? We lit up the Eiffel Tower, the Brandenburg Gate and the Trevi Fountain in the colours of the Belgian flag. The usual suspects from Obama to Cameron to Hollande trotted out well-practised lines about showing solidarity with our Belgian neighbours. Then the...

Repeatedly in the run up to the EU in/out referendum on 23 June, David Cameron has told the British people that Britain is safer within the EU and that we need to remain in the organisation for the sake of our security. But, as a deadly bomb explodes in the EU's capital, just yards from EU...

I think most of us know what the response from social media and Europe's politicians is going to be in the wake of the Brussels terrorist attacks. It will be the usual standard fare, which we have been subjected to before after previous terrorist attacks. But for those who don't know what the...

The CEO of Indian Wells has stepped down after suggesting the lady players of the WTA should get on their knees every night to thank Nadal and Federer for carrying the game. This is despite the fact that, as Katie Hopkins points out, he was RIGHT, and so, too, was Novak Djokovic who has also...

They may have been penned around 450 years ago, but Shakespeare's plays about love and loss are still as popular today. Now the British Library has posted 300 manuscripts, maps and illustrations online to show what likely inspired the Bard to write plays such as Hamlet and The Tempest...

Pork pies, Pimm's and a plastic fork: M&S unveil Queen's 90th birthday party hamper It is, says Marks and Spencer, a hamper fit for a Queen. The retailing giant has scoured the country to find the best British products to feed the 10,000 flag-waving members of the public congregating on...

The name of a new polar research vessel will be chosen by a panel of experts, even if the public overwhelmingly votes to call it Boaty McBoatface. Lord West, ex-First Sea Lord, said he was rather proud "silly names" had been suggested but hoped none were chosen. The Natural Environment...

PEOPLE can gain a fascinating insight into how youngsters were educated 350 years ago after Keele University in Staffordshire revealed it owns one of the world's oldest children's books. The battered leather pocket book, called A Guide For The Childe And Youth, was published in 1667 and once...