Viking ancestry is far more common in Britain than most of us ever realised. A simple DNA kit could reveal your family’s own ...

It was on a Bognor beach Joyce got the idea for his seagull song, Three Quarks for Muster Mark, which would give the word quark to quantum physics and English. Bognor too was where he wrote the Wake’s ...

Two specialists from the Jane Austen Society of North America share intriguing highlights of the author's life, career and ...

Former Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler has disclosed that he underwent surgery to remove skin cancer from his ...

A growing number of people are uncovering royal links through DNA testing, and these 35 surnames are strongly tied to ...

A viral post about Chinese snack maker Three Squirrels requiring staff to adopt the surname Rat and call customers Master has ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 ...

“Our skipper said ‘Have you ever dived this mark? We said, ‘No, because it’s rubbish, there’s nothing there,’” Bournemouth ...

During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

From “Mary Poppins” to “Downton Abbey,” afternoon tea is a quintessentially British ritual. It’s a tradition that started with a hangry duchess and expanded to hearty evening spreads for working-class ...

What did that feel like for him?” Boddice asked. I stared for a few seconds while Boddice smiled encouragingly, as if he’d ...

Monday was the last day for the current landside terminal at the Pittsburgh International Airport, as the long-awaited new terminal opened Tuesday morning for its first day of flyers. "There's ...