In the Middle Ages, England emerged as one of the most influential and powerful kingdoms in Europe – a far cry from its ...

“Our skipper said ‘Have you ever dived this mark? We said, ‘No, because it’s rubbish, there’s nothing there,’” Bournemouth ...

There are many a reason why tourists flock to London, and gorgeous as it may be, with its iconic red telephone boxes and gorgeous Victorian-era architecture, be under no illusion: being the global ...

Major restoration work is under way to secure a historic harbour and quay. Historic England said essential conservation work ...

Today's benefit system helps those who are unemployed, who have children or who are disabled. But in Medieval England things were a bit different, according to a new study. Researchers have shone a ...

In medieval England, peasants on some estates were entitled to a range of sick, annual and bereavement leave that could rival those of many workers in the UK today.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

It's long been assumed that England's Medieval rulers ate copious amounts of meat. The scientific analysis of thousands of skeletons shows the diets of the pre-Viking rulers were "flexitarian." Feasts ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches of ...

Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. The homicide rate in the city was ...