The mystery of history’s lost tombs

Strange murder mysterie s from times gone by

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

Each issue we investigate the most ghostly places to visit. Here we take a look at the spookily beautiful city of York

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

BETTANY HUGHES on bringing seven magnificent monuments to life

A hoard of British coins bearing the inscription of King Cunobelin and found in a Dutch field in October 2023 have been identified as very likely to be the spoils of war of a Roman soldier from the co