New excavations near Canterbury reveal stone tools dating between 560,000 and 620,000 years old, proving Homo heidelbergensis ...

Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

Disney can make even animated food look mouthwatering, and it helps that most of its concoctions are based off of real dishes ...

A new book is exploring how stones act a window into Cumbria and northern England's prehistoric history. The new book, Defined by Stones, from chartered geologist Ian Jackson, delves into Cumbria and ...

The 559-yard tunnel carries the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and took five years to build after construction started in 1797. The portals (at either end of the tunnel) are semi-circular arches with ...

In a bonus edition of our defence newsletter, Richard Cockett takes us back to 1066—and the Battle of Hastings ...

The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...

The poor state of the ruins made the idea of keeping them difficult to imagine, as did the relative uncertainty of final costs. While each project is unique, a renovation of an historic building can ...

The Pankhurst Museum in Manchester is celebrating Hop Tu Naa in honour of Sophia Goulden, who was born on the island in 1833.

While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still ...

The age of armchair travel is over. Set-jetting tourism is reportedly projected to reach significant economic value by 2035, ...

From ancient cobbled lanes and narrow passages to tree-lined avenues and picture-perfect pathways, these are the UK's most ...