Off the coast of Northumberland lies an island known by two names. Lindisfarne, or Holy Island. But why does it have two names?

Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.

Around 10,000 years ago, humans began to repopulate the British Isles. They started to assign names to the things they observed ...

Alistair Moffat uses this history of Britain’s 800-mile east coast to argue that “the North Sea made us who we are”, writes ...

On September 25, 1066, King Harold Godwinson's Saxon army had just force-marched nearly 200 miles in four days to confront a Norwegian invasion led by Harald Hardrada—one of the most feared Viking ...

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The little-known Battle of Fulford broke out near York in 1066. How did the conflict unfold, and what makes it a crucial ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

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Archaeologists reveal that an ordinary house in Bosham was the private headquarters of King Harold II, which changes local ...

A new theory proposes that the Bayeux Tapestry was designed to deliver moral messages to medieval monks over dinner ...