British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

In German mythology it’s also said that a bird was injured and a goddess came along and took pity on the poor bird turning it ...

Archaeologists now believe 4th Century remains unearthed in Colchester are probably those of Britain's earliest known church.

In the divine words of the bard Madonna, these Viking books will “take you there”. After all, who doesn’t want to get ...

In a few days all over the world, an event called Easter or Easter Sunday will be celebrated. As a young man growing up, I can recall getting dressed for ...

Extract from an unpublished novel set in Belfast during a series of sectarian killings in the 1980s. Written by J. G. Fitzgerald, whose career in finance involved periods working in Belfast and other ...

Anglo-Saxon settlers from the Germanic lands brought their own pagan beliefs. Christianity did cling on in west and north parts of the British Isles, including Cornwall and Wales, but the re ...

I don’t want to be too critical of the Canary Wharf authorities. The signage does at least go on to claim “trees have a deep ...

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Around 90 million chocolate bunnies are sold for Easter. The percentage of consumers who eat the ears off chocolate bunnies ...