The boy who discovered the boy king

Many birds have fabulous plumage to attract mates or send warning messages. Some of the colours in their feathers are produced by microscopic structures on the feather surface that absorb and reflect

How a Castilian knight fought Christians and Muslims alike to become a national icon

I once met a man who claimed he saw a huge black panther (circa 1990) near his farmhouse in Scotland. It had a pheasant in its mouth. He ran to get his shotgun but the creature had vanished. I knew th

The daughter of Gisèle Pelicot on the family’s ordeal

KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset JAYNE SHRIMPTON is a professional dress historian and portrait specialist ROGER KERSHAW is migration records specialist at The National Archives ST

We never had any money growing up. Nobody did. I grew up in Hampton, which is the village from which Hampton Court Palace is named. So Hampton Court Palace was where I walked with the dogs every morni