Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Like his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis, who died Monday, will long be remembered for his outreach to the poor ...

Easter is the most important festival of the Christian calendar, and so it is unsuprising that most of England’s ...

A lot of Easter traditions – including hot cross buns and lamb on Sunday – stem from medieval Christian or even earlier pagan ...

Just in time for the first ill-advised but exhilarating outdoor swim of the year, Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style, has opened at the Design Museum in Kensington. The curator, Amber Butchart, ...

Thetford has been home to influential and inspirational men and women. During the Iron Age, the town was a major centre for the Iceni tribe, led by the iconic queen Boudica, who rebelled against the ...

The Pilgrim Walk — that stretches 132km from Armagh to Downpatrick, and which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary ...

There are no overt religious references in Superman comics. But over eight decades, he’s been viewed as a divine entity, a ...

From heat to invasive species, hardy heritage animal breeds can handle weather extremes that commercial breeds would be ...

England is an exasperating contradiction when it comes to cars. The largest nation on this soggy, overcrowded archipelago in ...

Superman comics are not overtly religious. Yet faith and morality have been baked into this superhero character who was born ...

Cumbria is one of the few areas of England that still offers a genuine escape. From spectacular sunsets, dramatic cliffs and empty beaches of the west coast to the wild moors of the north and the ...