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The Smithfield Joust of 1467 was a triumph for Edward IV and his dynasty.

State policy, clerical abuse and the intellectually disabled in 1950s Ireland.

A diversionary invasion of England during the Hundred Years’ War led to a battle outside Durham on 17th October 1346.

The hit musical is changing perceptions of America’s past for the better.

Eleanor Parker reveals the scholarly network of knowledge that was at the heart of Anglo-Saxon England and the love these scholars had for the pleasures of the written word.

Calais has come to represent the extremes of the current migrant crisis, in what is only the latest stage in its long history of migration – in both directions – across the Channel.

History is often skewed to support a chosen view, but, for ISIS, a past derived from questionable sources has proved a powerful weapon.

The contrast between Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump could hardly be more striking, but such is the continually evolving politics of the Grand Old Party.

The castles of Scotland are tangible evidence of the country’s evolution from violent feudalism towards a more settled and centralised nation state. David C. Weinczok explores a land of hill forts, towerhouses and châteaux.