Our Bygone Burnley video article today takes us to Hapton, the location of one of the borough’s oldest cotton mills, a castle ...

RABBLE Theatre, previously known as 'Reading Between the Lines' has a penchant for historical productions, with dramatisations of the lives of King Henry I, Empress Matilda and King Henry II.

Brad Pitt has a notable ancestral link to medieval England, being a distant relative of the late Queen Elizabeth II through King Henry II. Pitt's connection places him within an influential ...

Damian Lewis on the embodiment of majesty, the heft of the fat suit, and the complicated king of The Mirror and the Light as ...

Spookily, it's exact location is linked to the historical Empress Matilda's 12th century escape during a siege. The daughter of King Henry I, Matilda, is believed to have been the muse for hit ...

April 7 (UPI) --Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Iwo Jima Monday as they begin a tour of memorial visits this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Described as being loyal and compassionate, de Lucy was on the side of King Henry II, who was fighting to defend his territories and his rule of England. He is said to have "responded ...

The event originated in Argentina, and St. John Paul II played a fundamental role in its establishment. The story has its beginnings on Nov. 13, 1998, when the pilgrim pope received the then ...

Smoking appears to be on the rise once more in some parts of England, warn researchers who have been tracking trends over two decades. An analysis of the effectiveness of regional tobacco control ...