Punishment from on high

LEECHES and baked owl might not be the first remedies we reach for when feeling poorly, but in the Middle Ages, that was just what the doctor ordered. Medieval medicine was a mix of magic, myth and cu

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

A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY HAS REVEALED DECADES OF TERROR AT A CATHOLIC BOARDING SCHOOL

Where newspapers came from

Efforts to prohibit abortion down the ages

A WAVE OF SEEMINGLY COORDINATED SPIKINGS HAVE ALREADY MARRED CELEBRATIONS ACROSS FRANCE