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

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 ...

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?

A NEW natural ‘beach’ is set to become the attraction of the season in an overlooked village in Poland. While most new ...

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 word “castle” itself first appeared in English records in 1051, when foreign builders erected a fortification in Herefordshire. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle described ... reveals the secrets of a ...

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

Thomas Castaignède, Dimitri Yachvili and Pierre Berbizier explain why the French mindset is so different to the English ...

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