Three men who plotted to kill a former cage fighter, who years before had been convicted of being one of the ringleaders in ...

Some historical fiction is uncontroversial because it presents the past merely as a backdrop for a story that does not suggest new facts or challenge widely accepted interpretations. Other successful ...

The Korean artist discusses her fierce feminist manhwa debut, ‘Raging Clouds’ (Fantagraphics, May), which garnered a PW ...

An unassuming Tudor hunting lodge in the Cumbrian district in the U.K. just gave up a wild secret: rare wall paintings from ...

Though he was born centuries ago, we're still watching his plays and studying his works. And his words continue to resonate ...

Jewelry in a Roman treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, indicates that Thetford was Pagan until the fifth ...

On his death the manor passed to the 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, who fought in the bloody War of the Roses, where he eventually ...

And fired the shot heard round the world. So goes the first stanza of a hymn written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837 and sung to the tune of “Old Hundredth” for the dedication of an obelisk at the site ...

The style is Italian Romanesque, and it is dominated by a 33-metre-high campanile, writes Yinnon Ezra. It is a Grade I ...

Created in the Grotesque style, the 16th-century images—revealed by renovations at a lodge in England—mimic historic textile ...

Get ready to jump back in time to 16th century England. On Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m., the Via Choralis choir will host Peninsula locals and music-lovers from farther afield for an afternoon of ...

The answer may lie with the British Royal Navy. Since its inception in the 16th century, the navy served three regular meals to align with the shipboard routine. This included a simple breakfast ...