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

Many place names in Hertfordshire date back to the 11th century and beyond, but do you know the original names of our towns and villages?

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

In the 1980s, as Les Bleus claimed two Grand Slams and another four championship titles (two of which were tied), you very ...

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 ...

Here are some of the Old English names for places around Stevenage and North Herts: Stevenage is thought to derive from an Old English word meaning ' (place at) the stiff oak'. The name was recorded ...

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 ...

The well-known teacher, the first Mexican American woman on the Texas State Board of Education, championed students and ...

A TINY riverside village in Cornwall where A-listers regularly holiday and cars are banned. The picturesque fishing village ...

Especially was there to be the closest cooperation between the English-speaking nations ... failure what may be called the new Anglo-Saxon doctrine of preventative international cooperation. She has ...