For self-confessed history geek Hatty Harley, life within the walls of English Heritage site Dover Castle is made more magical by the young minds she is able to inspire through her work ...

The cost of restoring an historic site in Nottinghamshire could rise above £8m according to Newark and Sherwood District ...

Dropping your phone in the toilet feels catastrophic—but 800 years ago, a merchant in Germany did the same thing with a tiny wax notebook. Unlike our gadgets, however, the notebook survived the plunge ...

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A never-before-exhibited painting by Dame Tracey Emin is going on display as an historic charity flings open its doors to ...

The Knights Templar held Beaufort Castle for only eight years, before the site was returned to Muslim rule for centuries. In ...

Tradition has it that a groom who carries his bride up 99 steps on the island there will have a strong marriage … if she ...

From a WWII submarine sewage disaster to a deadly medieval pit toilet collapse, doing your business can come with risks. By Andrew Coletti Published May 21, 2026 9:03 AM EDT Add Popular Science (opens ...

An ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ notebook pulled from a late Middle Ages latrine was found alongside silk scraps believed to once be fancy toilet paper. Reading time 3 minutes Ever drop your ...

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PADERBORN, GERMANY—La Brújula Verde reports that a German archaeological team under the supervision of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) recovered an exceptionally well-preserved notebook ...