For centuries, an intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan register.

Now after years of painstaking collaborative work with the university’s Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory (CHIL), archivists have finally been able to peer inside the obscured texts—without ever ...

It is not well-known that at one point in the 16th ... century, our two countries shared one king—Philip II. Philip was not just King of Spain, he also ruled over an empire that included: Naples, ...

The Cotswolds fulfils every picture of rural England you might care to conjure ... touches add artistic flair to rustic rooms. Take a 16th-century farmhouse, add elements of a contemporary ...

Maps, such as the 1502 Cantino Planisphere ... Chinese porcelain (a 16th-century bottle, mounted in England c. 1585) was in demand because the technique was unknown outside Asia.

I thought, wrongly at the time, that for every 16th-century map of Asia showing the Philippines, China had something way older. And if the Chinese didn’t have any at hand, they could easily forge one ...

Three towns in North Surrey, known for their mix of green spaces and strong community spirit, have been named as the best ...

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside, as the old song goes. But better yet, with a cold beer in hand at a British pub.

Europe is riddled with eerie ghost towns, from depopulated military and mining towns and drowned villages to ancient enclaves ...