Adrian IV was the first, and so far, only English Pope.

Nicky Henderson's brilliant chaser Jonbon is odds-on favourite to win today's Celebration Chase at Sandown (15:35) and the good news for his followers is that he's won all five career starts at ...

The Norman Conquest of 1066, culminating in the legendary Battle of Hastings, is perhaps the greatest turning point in the history of the English nation. It was a year that changed the fate of ...

In the triumvirate of 1066, William of Normandy, Harald Hardrada, and Harold Godwinson, the latter has above all endured as one of the great heroes of English history. But how did he become the ...

The architecture of feudalism was rigid but familiar: hierarchies enforced by violence, loyalty bought with favor, and truth subordinated to the ambitions of the ruling elite. A thousand years later, ...

England is dotted with hundreds of castles, some in ruins, some still inhabited. They remain the most romantic and popular historic buildings in the country, visited by millions every year. For ...