A history buff with a metal detector recently led archaeologists to the site of a medieval monastery – all thanks to a strange symbol spotted on an old map. Arkeologerna, an archaeological ...

Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with his late friend and business partner Paul Allen. The company became a major part of the computer age, and Gates amassed billions in fortune following the ...

The church, now the only complete medieval church in Shrewsbury, dates from Saxon times and has beautiful additions from the twelfth century onwards. It is a main tourist attraction, the listing ...

During the Middle Ages (also known as the Medieval period) public torture and execution was common throughout the United Kingdom and regarded as a socially accepted form of punishment. Different ...

At the north-eastern end of the four-hectare site to be redeveloped is the so-called Porte de Namur, not an address in itself but a tag which commemorates the medieval gate which once stood here. The ...