“We don’t know exactly what that blunt-force trauma [to his chest] was,” says Marc Oxenham, a bioarchaeologist at the ...

In Greek legends, the Amazons were feared and formidable women warriors who lived on the edge of the known world. Hercules had to obtain the magic girdle of the Amazonian queen ...

An intimate sketch by David Hockney of one of his lovers is coming to the market for the first time, more than half a century ...

Prized pigment made from the glands of sea snails discovered in beeswax during excavation of building in Carlisle ...

In the mid-1930s, the novelist, then a controversial war correspondent, encouraged aspiring writers with frankness and humour ...

Researchers tell the Guardian’s Dalya Alberge they are “completely blown away” by the site’s age and contents. “This is a ...

Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner), Peter Adamson (Len Fairclough), Betty Alberge (Florrie Lindley) and Margot Bryant (Minnie Caldwell) mingled with the guests. Tom Sutton looks back on the wonderful days ...

In the mid-1930s, the novelist, then a controversial war correspondent, encouraged aspiring writers with frankness and humour He cultivated a hard-drinking macho image, with a taste for big-game ...