A ‘magnificent’ Dorset church has won a prestigious architecture award. St Peter and St Paul Church in Blandford has won the ‘King of Prussia Gold Medal’ at the Church Architecture Awards. The ...

Mathematician John Napier predicts end of the world in 1688 or 1700. 1728: John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera” premieres ...

A true but little known story from the Haitian Revolution. Late in the war, things were looking grim for sketchy old France, ...

In 1947, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis. In 1959, the first scheduled ...

Millions of people read the New Testament printed with the words of Jesus in red. Most people do not realise that this is a ...

Whenever a new study of the Nazi regime appears, it is taken as a given that after Adolf Hitler seized power and became ...

Professor Grischa Vercamer is the new Heisenberg Professor at the University of Passau for the History of Eastern and Central European Cultures in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. In his ...

Here’s what happened the last three times the U.S. tried to acquire Greenland.

Europe has over 50,000 magnificent castles with imposing architecture and breathtaking settings that offer a glimpse into a world of kings, queens and legends.