Perhaps one of the oddest moral panics - a fear that some evil threatens the wellbeing of society - was one that arose in ...

I stayed in one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Britain with half-timbered houses, historic sites and even a pub that ...

The town has remained largely unspoilt and is one of Britain's most well-preserved medieval towns. Half-timbered houses line the streets and a ... Marks' in his 1959 novel Goldfinger. Getting to ...

The latter is not only of interest for its collections, but also for its location. This is the Upminster Tithe Barn, a ...

The London Museum has examples with toe points ... Poulaines were, unsurprisingly, not great for feet. A study in 2005 of medieval remains found hallux valgus - a small deformity of the big ...

"In medieval times there were several standards (columns or towers) dotted around the City of London. Where and when were these built, and for what purpose?" These standards are to do with the ...

The concertina-fold almanacs, also known as girdlebooks, as they could be hung from a belt and carried around, were fold-out ...

The Medieval Murder Maps, assembled by Cambridge's Institute of Criminology, is a website plotting crimes based on 700-year-old coroners' inquests. It launched in 2018 covering London, but has now ...