The salem witch trials had never happened?

Ellie Cawthorne Why was the winter of 1641–42 such a pivotal time in British and Irish history? Jonathan Healey In the heart of that winter came one of the most iconic moments in English political his

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Different ways of dying across the British Isles

BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLU-tion, many colonies had established churches supported with tax dollars or imposed religious restrictions on voting or holding office. There was no separation of church and

The conviction of nurse Lucy Letby has become a cause célèbre , but the claims of many who protest her innocence do not stand up to scrutiny

There’s nothing quite like a good horror story from the distant past to put a shiver down the spine. And one of Britain’s most horrifying episodes from the Roman era was revealed in Dorset in 1936 wit