Explore how Amundsen's risky choice at the south pole gave him a crucial advantage over Scott in the historic race to the Pole.

The Story of Canterbury offers a fresh perspective on the city and its iconic cathedral. A highlight is a guided tour led by ...

Mark O’Connell MARK O’CONNELL is a writer, author and pop culture commentator. His books Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan and Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us earned critical acclaim ...

Captain Robert Scott’s fate on the tragic expedition to the South Pole in 1912 was sealed by an audacious gamble taken by his bitter rival, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. A new study shows ...

Captain Robert Scott’s fate on the tragic expedition to the South Pole in 1912 was sealed by an audacious gamble taken by his bitter rival, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. A new study shows ...

MARK HERBER read history and politics at University; then trained as a lawyer, qualifying as a solicitor in 1984. He specialised in fraud and insolvency litigation and investigations, until 1996 at ...

The partnership of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace was one that would change science forever. They were an unlikely pair – one the professor son of a banker, the other the only child of an acclaimed ...

Cambridge University is famed for the resourcefulness and innovation of its students. However, not all the undergraduates have devoted their talents to academia; instead they spent their time devising ...

The anchorite, or religious recluse, has been a part of Christian religious life since its early days. They lived solitary lives out in the desert – indeed, these solitaries became collectively known ...

Slavery has existed for millennia in varying forms in all parts of the world. Affecting all races, gender and age groups. It is only in recent times that it has been globally outlawed with the United ...

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In the thirteenth century the law and finances of each English county were under the jurisdiction of a sheriff (the word comes from ‘shire-reeve’), who was appointed by the Crown. Catherine Hanley ...