Babes on the throne

Without England’s most notorious Tudor king, the country’s religious and political history would’ve looked very different

That threatened thrones

It’s there beside the guildhall. A large grey stone surrounded by Victorian railings. Over the years, countless visitors to Kingston-upon-Thames have strolled past it, many barely registering its exis

In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle

A war surgeon’s struggles David Nott has spent ...

Strange murder mysterie s from times gone by