Much of the building was destroyed - but the remaining house and foundations are still standing - and you can still see it to ...

Not since the 14th century have the Holy See and the world’s most powerful secular government been led simultaneously by ...

In 1689, during the Nine Years’ War, English King William III declared war on France in support of the Dutch Republic. In 1792, 24 brokers and merchants met under a tree on Wall Street and signed the ...

Prince Harry's relationship with his family hit a new low point when he revealed this month that his father no longer speaks ...

This 'other Prince George' was never destined for the role he played - but he has gone down in history as a result.

Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 2 a.m. The president recently joked that he wanted to be the next pope. Remember, he also joked about being a dictator on “Day 1.” That turned out not to be a joke.

A lap around the countryside of the UK’s very own surfers’ paradise is a picturesque pleasure, bursting with history.

The themes of female friendships, misogyny and the trickle-down effects of patriarchy are as present today as they are in ...

We’re in a bucolic Essex marsh in 1536. Anna is wiping herself down after a romp against a tree with her wealthy (and betrothed) lover Richard. But then news arrives from London (it’s taken three days ...

There’s a hint of Gilead about the oppression the women describe – and a sense of contemporary concerns too. But what makes 1536 so engrossing is the vivid way it portrays these women and their ...

King Henry VIII is synonymous with his six wives and his break from the Catholic Church, but he also had a number of ...

Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor ...