Cover songs are a tricky thing to master, but one particular cover of the Sex Pistols' 1976 single 'Anarchy in the UK' has ...

We have been concretized in the realm of the horizontal beam of the cross and made to forget the vertical. Assuredly, this problem goes well beyond into history before Pope Pius X. If you’re looking ...

Heroes of Faerûn has more backgrounds than Dungeons and Dragons' Player's Handbook, but their quality is hit-and-miss.

Just as he explores the rich history of the Aztecs on the latest series of Civilisations: Rise and Fall on BBC Two, historian ...

David Beckham became Sir David Beckham after being recognised in King Charles III's Birthday Honours. The former Manchester ...

The meeting of the controversial Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the formidable Emperor Montezuma in 1519 was one of the great hinge moments of world history, and the beginning of the end for ...

In the wake of Andrew being stripped of his royal titles, there has been much interest in historical precedent.

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See the patterns and clues and join the dots. Process your feelings about it and give them a clean slate. Strike a warm note ...

The former Duke of York no longer has his title of "prince," which one royal historian said is "very much a step down." Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, this week, was stripped of his royal titles and is ...

Socialism has a well-earned reputation as a secular, rational movement. But not all socialists throughout history were quite ...

Everyone has their own traditions at this time of the year - building bonfires, baking a brack or bobbing for apples – but ...