A notorious tale of royal scandal claims King Eadwig abandoned his own coronation feast for a ménage à trois. But did it really happen – or was it a medieval smear campaign? Historian Katherine Weiker ...

"Public spats between the president and religious leaders, from priests to popes, are not unprecedented. Rather, they ...

A royal baby born on a December day would go on to introduce a new chapter to an historic royal tradition. For over a century ...

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Pope Alexander III canonises Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. 1431: Joan of Arc’s first day of interrogation during her ...

To ring all the permutations on seven bells requires 5,040 permutations or ‘changes’ which would take about three hours to ring and is known as a ‘peal’, the ringers’ gold standard.

Joe Saumarez Smith, who has died aged 53, was a pioneer of online bookmaking, an improbable outcome for the son of Britain’s “last great gentleman bookseller”.

A HEAVY agenda and intense debate characterised the General Synod sessions in London last week. Issues of trust and power ...

Every evening, the reader in the refectory at Saint Anselm Abbey, mentions what anniversaries of death will be observed the following day. Saint Benedict tells his monastic disciples in the Holy Rule ...