The character Uhtred of Bebbanburg from The Last Kingdom was inspired by a real historical figure. Uhtred the Bold was an ...

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From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in the Middle Ages ...

Archaeologists in southern Italy have uncovered the graves of two children who were buried wearing large bronze belts nearly 2,500 years ago. The metallic accessories are unusual because they are ...

In the last 48 hours the government of Sir Keir Starmer has ended a link between the House of Lords and the Anglo-Saxon Witan by booting out the hereditary peers and beginning the process of removing ...

Atletico and Real Madrid also put the Spaniards ahead in goals scored. It was only the first episode of the round of 16, but the first leg matches between teams from Spain and England reinforced the ...

Jack Osbourne and wife Aree have paid tribute to his late father Ozzy with their newborn daughter's unisex name.

The Telegraph has revealed its ranking of Britain’s 20 smallest cities from worst to best, with Chichester getting strong praise.

Farewell, then, hereditary peers: you were Tony Blair’s unfinished business - COMMENT : Expelling the rump of hereditaries is a very New Labour reform – pragmatic, incremental and unprincipled, says J ...

Historian and author David Cecelski writes about giving a lecture at Duke Law School on the history of the white supremacy movement of 1898 to 1900 and how it shaped our political system, our society, ...

The Via Francigena is an ancient pilgrimage path of about 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles) that begins at Canterbury Cathedral, ...