Iconic is a word the meaning of which is moving from the religious world into popular culture – win a reality TV show dressed ...

Let’s be clear: ranking Italy’s 20 regions is a subjective and unwinnable exercise. Elsewhere I have written extensively ...

A play exploring the life of London Tube map creator Harry Beck has opened on the 50th anniversary of his death. First ...

Sure, you can hit Harrods. But the British capital also has small specialized shops, some centuries old and still crafting ...

I have been fortunate enough to have been to London three times at this point and I still haven’t come close to seeing ...

The dripping of water. The skittering of rats. And the tortured moans of the people imprisoned there. During the Middle Ages, medieval torture devices made life for anyone accused of a crime — ...

The Spanish Donkey, also called the “chevalet” or simply the “wooden horse,” was one of the cruelest of the medieval torture devices. Thought to have emerged during the Holy Inquisition in ...

Buckingham Palace, King Charles III's London home, is open for touring (except for the king's private quarters, of course) from July to October. On the tour, you'll have access to the 19 State ...

Crusader Kings 3 stands out from the medieval games crowd for one crucial reason: it’s about people, not empires. As much an RPG as it is a statistic-laden map painter (perhaps more so), an ...

Hadleigh Country Park, one of the largest green spaces in Essex, offers a variety of activities and is a mere 90-minute journey from London - and it's home to a magnificent medieval castle, too. With ...

Mobile applications like Google Maps and Waze and the rapid growth of phone mirroring systems like Android Auto and CarPlay have turned traditional GPS navigators into redundant products.