For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of ...

A heritage site has sparked significant interest after opening up two iconic buildings to potential business tenants.

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill? That’s the premise of an exhibit at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum that looks at four toxic pigments used for millennia and ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the days before lighthouses, some coastal communities used “fire beacons”—elevated structures ...

Matthieu Ricard is known as the “ world’s happiest man .” When he lay down in an MRI scanner so scientists could look at his ...

Education to an ordinary person means no more than the process of passing across and imbibing or learning the practices, ways ...

What do an enigmatic Caped Crusader, a sopping-wet Mr Darcy and Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell have in common? Believe it or not, British country houses.

Settling a dispute with swords, pistols and, if legend is to be believed, sausages and guitars, has long been a matter of honour even among modern-day rock stars, discovers John F. Mueller.