As depraved as it is fascinating, the murky world of the serial killer has captivated us for centuries. Committing crimes of unspeakable horror, for the vast majority of us it’s impossible to comprehend what would lead our fellow men and women to...
The Medieval era is often dismissed as a brutal period of darkness, ignorance, bloodshed and disease – the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ dividing classical antiquity from the age of enlightenment. But while warfare, invasions and religious persecution...
It is surely the most famous date in English history. On 14 October 1066 William of Normandy’s army defeated and killed King Harold at the battle of Hastings. It was the decisive moment in the Norman conquest of England, which heralded the end of...