Today is the 950th Anniversary of the Battle of Stamford Bridge fought on 25th September 1066, a striking victory for the English over the N...

12 September 2016, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire The annual Horn Dance takes place today, Wakes Monday, one of few ancient customs to have...

"Go forth confidently then, you knights, and repel the foes of the cross of Christ with a stalwart heart. Know that neither death nor l...

The massive success of Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code (2003) led to a huge upsurge in interest in the Holy Grail and its so-call...

West Midlands  History  has announced the forthcoming publication of a major new work on the story of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Mercia by D...

AD 642.  This year Oswald, king of the Northumbrians, was slain by Penda, king of the Southumbrians, at Mirfield, on the fifth day of August...

After the death of Uther Pendragon the realm stood in great jeopardy for a long while without an heir apparent; his son Arthur was just a bo...