Inside medieval homes

One of our most treasured landmarks, the Tower of London, represents 1,000 years of history. Almost three million visitors last year testify to the fact this is a universally loved destination – in th

Forget the standard double: country-house sleeping arrangements have undergone all sorts of intriguing (and eyebrow-raising) shifts throughout history, observes Melanie Cable-Alexander

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

It was two very serious illnesses which struck her only a year apart that made Debbie Palmer decide to have more fun in her life. Thinking back to her childhood digging around in her granny’s garden t

Where newspapers came from

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