1+ day, 4+ min ago   (1045+ words) It rises from the flat fields on the south bank of the Humber Estuary – a magnificent, towering building that, at first glance, resembles a castle. "We are looking at, in a nutshell, the largest and most magnificent abbey gatehouse in…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (597+ words) An "exceptionally rare" Anglo-Saxon ornament more than 1,400 years old has been blocked from leaving the UK by the government. The metal mount, depicting a four-legged animal, was discovered by a metal detectorist in Holme Hale, near Swaffham, Norfolk, in 2024. The…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (532+ words) A pioneering fossil hunter who was one of the first women to be employed by the National History Museum has been recognised with a national blue plaque. Dorothea Bate, who died in 1951 aged 72, "transformed our understanding of prehistoric animals and…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (416+ words) A blue plaque has been unveiled to honour one of the first female scientists to be employed by the Natural History Museum. Dorothea Bate began working for the institution in 1898, aged 19, before being transferred to the museum's site in Tring,…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (548+ words) On 25 April 1641, Ambrose Barlow celebrated a secret Easter Sunday mass at Morleys Hall near Astley in Greater Manchester. King Charles I wanted to prove that he supported the Protestant faith while keeping his political enemies at bay as parliament were…...