Cultural

J.L. Laynesmith unravels one of the mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry.

The pioneering traveller was born on 13 October 1862.

British attitudes to witchcraft during the Tudor era tended to be less extreme than those of contemporary Europeans, argues Victoria Lamb.

Carnegie, Harvard and other Britons who have made significant cultural contributions to the United States.

Each period has its heroes who inhabit the moment. Today we are living in the age of the sporting superstar.

Robert Colls asks what British identity is - and what it is not.

The cityscapes of the world’s most populous nation are expanding at a bewildering rate. But China’s current embrace of urban life has deep roots in its past, as Toby Lincoln explains.

An 18th-century ménage à trois involving the King of Denmark inspired the recent film, A Royal Affair.  Stella Tillyard considers what makes it a story for our times.

England has been conflated with Britain for so long that unravelling English history from that of its Celtic neighbours is a difficult task. Paul Lay considers recent histories of England and its people.

Roger Hudson on the circumstances behind an eviction in County Clare, Ireland, photographed in July 1888.