Stonehenge landscape, Blick Mead, during the Mesolithic period. A study reveals Stonehenge landscape before the world-famous monument
Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly veggie but peasants treated them to huge barbecues, new study on the journal Anglo-Saxon England argues
The Mary Rose, King Henry VIII’s favourite warship was made entirely of wood, however, it had two ovens made of bricks to cook warm food
The ‘Prize Papers’ Project launches its internet portal containing court documents related to the capture of 1,500 ships
A year-long programme of events marking the 850th anniversary of one of the most shocking crimes in European history: the murder of Thomas Becket
Which came first, the pigs or the pioneers? In Barbados, that has been a historical mystery ever since the first English colonists arrived on the island in 1627 to encounter what they thought was a herd of wild European pigs
It’s been a towering landmark in the world of English literature for more than two centuries, but Beowulf is still the subject of fierce academic debate
