Thomas Cranmer, for example, was burnt at the stake – yet the simple beauty of his Book of Common Prayer, dating from 1549, ...

An Ontario college has announced it will end its decades-old English language program, citing a decline in international student enrolment as the entire post-secondary sector continues to struggle.

A demolition ceremony was held Monday for the Old English Village at the Queen Mary, where officials said the teardown would pave the way for a safer, more vibrant area near the historic vessel.

Or the fact that Melvil Dewey, of Dewey Decimal fame, was plain old Melville ... subject pronoun in English was “ic” or “ich.” You can still find the latter in Chaucer.

The town name translates to "market north town", with "Chipping" meaning "market" in Old English. The birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849, Wantage has a deep and rich history since ...

A mix of their languages produced a language called Anglo-Saxon, or Old English ... with English speakers in the last part of the Sixteenth Century. It was during this time period that the ...

Castle Howard, one of the grandest of English country houses, is taking the long way home. The domed Yorkshire residence, designed by Baroque architect John Vanbrugh for the third Earl of Carlisle ...

Despite their power, few words at the time made it from Old Norse into the English language. Simply put, English wasn’t a language that budged easily. At the time, English had about 25,000 words, and ...

In Pakistani English parlance "they try to express things in a more beautiful way — in a long way to express their feelings," said 36-year-old Khatri. "We try to utilise those words also in ...

A Christian organisation has criticised a "trigger warning" which the University of Nottingham has put on famous medieval works in English Literature such as Chaucer, William Langland, John Gower ...