Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...

Coming in at number three on the National Records of Scotland's list of the most common surnames in Scotland is Wilson.

Some time ago I was due to give a talk at Chilbolton and I thought I would start by talking about the ‘Chil’ part of the name, thinking that ...

The Old Farmer’s Almanac explains how the date on which Easter falls on is determined by the lunar cycles of the Jewish ...

We need the Maine Department of Education to devise a plan for improving student performance and submit it for public review; ...

I wrote about the differences between British English and American English. It made me think about language and the origins of ...

A new economic study has found that international students are a massive boon for Germany's coffers — even if they get their education free of charge. German industry is now doing more to recruit ...

Names were rejected because they may have been hard to hear clearly on announcements or could have been abbreviated and used ...

During the 9th and 10th centuries, King Alfred the Great and Archbishop Aelfric worked on Anglo-Saxon (Old English) translations. After the Norman conquest of 1066, a need for an Anglo-Norman ...