Fifty years after Monty Python and the Holy Grail redefined comedy, stars Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam look back on the ...

Roughly 700 years ago, a French-language sequel to the legend of King Arthur known as the Suite Vulgate du Merlin became a ...

Middle-grade star Jenny Pearson is to move to younger readers with a pirate-themed ’swashbuckling’ adventure series for ...

Such precious materials and meticulous craft testify to the richness of Sienese art during the first half of the 14th century ...

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Pinpointing the nation's oldest continuously inhabited home is a complex task, but Saltford House in Somerset might just hold ...

The great British high street is on life support ... Chester’s unique, split-level shopping arcades, The Rows, date from the Middle Ages but are today home to interesting independent traders.

The winning photographs highlight the diversity of animal and plant life in Britain as well as the often hidden behaviors of ...

One of the best-known idioms in China is “women hold up half the sky”, a political slogan dating back to the late 1950s aimed ...

The United Kingdom has a rich history of gambling that dates back centuries. From the traditional betting shops on high ...