British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

Kensington takes its name from the road of the same name and is thought to have taken its name from the other Kensington in ...

The Domesday Book is a record of landholding in England from the reign of the Conqueror, surviving in its original manuscript ...

If you're stuck for what to do over the Bank Holiday why not put yourself to the test with the Daily Express's fun quiz on ...

After the dire wolf news this week, George R.R. Martin has given an update about his delayed Game of Thrones novel, The Winds of Winter.

The United Kingdom is known for its historic sites, which include locations beloved by the Royal Family and their ancestors.

Alfred the Great was once a poster-boy for male gallantry, but he fell out of favour in the last century. Now he is ripe for ...

To take down priests, rulers or rich merchants using the sharpest words and imagery is as Indian and as ancient as daal-bhaat — the stand-up genre has simply come and joined this as a tributary ...

The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?

What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 ...

The British academic publisher, Routledge, has launched “Routledge Revivals” to re-issue some classic works that have been long out of print. Originally published in 1983, Barbarians and Romans is a ...