Before Einstein, before Bohr, there was a Jesuit priest with a telescope and a startlingly modern vision of the universe.

Fingers started wagging when 16th-century European women began wearing masks to protect their skin and hide their identities. Masked women on a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Laeken (now part of the ...

On October 10, 732 AD, the Frankish leader Charles, nicknamed Martell (the Hammer), defeated the Muslim army near the French cities of Tours and Poitiers, thereby halting the invasion of Arab Muslims ...

This stunning city combines historic spa sites with emerald forest views spanning out miles into the mountains.

A California man discovered that a sketch inherited from his grandmother is an authentic Michelangelo drawing, confirmed ...

Over the centuries, countless literary greats have been inspired by the Scottish capital. In winter, when the cobblestones ...

The Grand Tour was the utlimate Georgian / Victorian gap year experience. Expensive and glamourous, this was a rite of ...

New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried ...

Jones details the similarities between the gravy boat and the bourdaloue, a daintily decorated antique vessel that was not ...

Food at a wedding can sometimes be one of the best parts, but different dishes have graced these events over the centuries, ...

WHEN the butchers run out of ­turkeys for Christmas, all they have to do is look to the Dail where there’s a plentiful supply ...

Along with our glorious beaches, I love coastal market towns and fishing villages, even in the dead of winter. Especially ...