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Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the ...

Having spent a few weeks motorhoming in Andalusia – visiting the Alhambra in Granada, the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, and the magnificent city of Seville – we had been stunned by all that medieval Mo

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 multicultural bastion of Modernisme architecture, loomed over by an imposing medieval citadel, this tiny slice of Spanish flair on the North African coast deserves far more of a spotlight, writes Eddi Fiegel

A new project highlighting significant stops on Spain’s cultural routes serves up some little-heard histories and fewer crowds