NEW KENT -- There was no Nicanor, no hype and no national TV. All Colonial Downs had to offer yesterday was fancy hats and horse racing. And both turned out very well. On a Virginia Derby day where ...

After their triumph in the Battle of Hastings, the Normans left lasting marks on the country’s aristocracy, architecture, and even the English language. In 1066, English king Harold had to fight two ...

Sunday, October 14th was the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, in 1066. In addition to being the last time there was a successful invasion of Britain, several other positive things came from this ...

Historian and novelist Mallinson (Fight to the Finish) delivers a stirring survey of six consequential British military clashes, from the Norman invasion to the war in Afghanistan. He begins with ...

It hasn’t been Tony Blair’s best year. Foot-and-mouth disease devastating the countryside and tourism. Record flooding. Trains crashing owing to a decrepit rail network. A tax protest that turned off ...

In 1066, the English King Edward the Confessor died without an heir. As if dying without a direct descendant to claim the throne wasn't one of the most chaotic things a king could do, Edward took it a ...

Two families, two kingdoms – the cast of 'King & Conqueror' on why this story is about wives as much as it is about warriors. Upon the death of King Edward in 1066, with no son waiting as heir to the ...

It has survived fires, bankruptcy and scandal, not to mention 153 years of lashing British weather, but now Hastings’ “peerless pier”, as it was hailed at its grand opening, faces a new twist in its ...

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