Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed ...

The UK is home to around 1,250 towns, but only a select few have made it to the prettiest and ugliest ranking. Did yours make ...

Queen Margrethe of Denmark made a rare red carpet appearance on Tuesday, stepping out to attend an event marking the anniversary of The Royal Nordic Old Writing Society.

A metal detectorist has told a treasure inquest how finding a hoard of Bronze Age axe heads in a field was a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. Ken Livingstone and Jan Joplin were metal detecting pasture ...

Queen Calafia, a fictional character, who first appears in Las Sergas de Esplandían, a medieval romance book written by Spanish writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The novel follows with the ...

Despite monarchy being largely constitutional at the start of Queen Victoria’s ascension, her 63-year reign saw her preside over the abolition of slavery, the expansion of workers’ welfare, the speedy ...

QPR claimed their fourth straight league win as they beat Hull 2-1 to move up to within touching distance of the Championship play-off places. Marti Cifuentes' side were made to work for the win ...

The material resembles medieval chainmail at the molecular level and could be used in body armor. Chemists have invented a new material that could be the future of body armor — chainmail.

Also selected was a queen’s court that included Chloe Bowles, Christina Barnhill, Ella Campbell, Riley Cannon, Savannah Grady, Camryn Fussell, Mabel Parker, Katie Whitman, Olivia Matthews, Regan ...

Indeed, possessing a grand medieval castle as part of one's hometown ... "This easy-on-the-eye market town has Georgian townhouses, Queen Anne mansions, tottering half-timbered Tudor buildings ...