For centuries, crossing the Thames was a challenge: until the 1700s London Bridge was the only fixed crossing, and by the early 1800s only four more had been added. Meanwhile, pressure grew to link ...

Join Dr Eleanor Janega in this full length History Hit TV documentary as she gets to the bottom of medieval booze and ...

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Dan Cruickshank follows in the footsteps of John Stow and John Strype, two of London's greatest chroniclers, to explore one ...

A 12th-century manuscript looted during World War II has been returned to Poland from Yale University’s Beinecke Library, the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage announced Thursday.

Smithsonian museum to return three bronze sculptures illegally removed from Indian temples - Internal investigation found the ...

The first notices are rolling in for Amazon MGM Studios’ controversial, big-budget First Lady documentary Melania. Described ...

Bayeux tapestry move ‘at risk’ due to UK potholes - Experts have warned vibrations caused by poor road conditions could risk ...

Royal etiquette has its roots in the medieval court, when every movement around the monarch signified loyalty and rank,” Julie Montagu, the Countess of Sandwich, explained in a video on TikTok. “How ...

A reimagining of Emanuel Leutze's iconic 1852 painting, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," swaps Bad Bunny for George ...

From saints to candy hearts, these Valentine’s Day facts aren’t what you expect.

A trip to Sicily prompted Pamela Goodman to detour to Durham, a few weeks later: 'an unlikely pairing of cities sharing an unlikely historical overlap.' ...