Nearly 30 anti-popes have risen across two millennia of Church history. In times of deepest confusion, even saints found themselves on opposing sides. St. Catherine of Siena confronted cardinals backing a false pope. St.…
A MEDIEVAL altar has been reinstated in a new chapel in St Mary’s, Ecclesfield, in Sheffield — with an altarpiece that is a full-size print of a contemporary interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. The artist,…
A cherished independent greengrocer has closed its doors in a historic Norfolk market town (Image: Getty)A cherished independent greengrocer has closed its doors in a historic Norfolk market town after three decades of…
A 17th-century plague relic in Yorkshire is being used to collect money for a local hospice, 400 years after it was first erected.Money collected from the plague stone has raised almost £1,000 for St Leonard’s Hospice in…
Archaeologists working near the medieval Castle Lichtenau in North Rhine-Westphalia have stumbled upon a remarkable underground chamber hidden beneath the German market town's centre.The subterranean vault, spanning more…
This castle reopened after a two-year refurbishment (Image: Getty)A magnificent castle in the UK has wowed visitors since it reopened to the public in 2025. The UK is full of incredible castles that are steeped in history,…
IT HAS taken over a decade of painstaking work, but 1300 bones ascribed to early medieval bishops and royals — returned to six mortuary chests at Winchester Cathedral following its ransacking during the Civil War — have been…
Russian forces allegedly abducted around 50 civilians from a village in the northern Sumy region in a cross-border incursion, Ukraine's human rights commissioner said. Dmytro Lubinets has accused Russian soldiers of…
A LATE-15th-century carol that has remained “silent for hundreds of years” has been set to new music and will be brought to life when it is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 on Advent Sunday, a musicologist specialising in the…
NEARLY 30 years ago, dendrochronologists working on the roof of Salisbury Cathedral made a remarkable discovery. Not only did they find that some ancient beams were made of wood grown overseas; they also found that a few…
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