While people’s actual feet are rounded on the end, women’s dress shoes often come to a sharp point at the toe. But why?

The book is Emendatio vitae —The Emending of Life—written in the 14th century by Richard Rolle, a Yorkshire hermit and mystic ...

The warming house at Rievaulx is next to the refectory, and was altered quite substantially over the period from the 12th to ...

The 109th edition of Pitti Uomo, the historic menswear fair that takes over the 14th-century Fortezza da Basso in the centre ...

The incredible number of shiny shell beads found in the Montelirio tomb reveals the power of an ancient female dynasty.

A cobbled history-rich city in the heart of the mountains, Innsbruck kills three birds with one stone – imperial, Alpine and ...

Prior to being taken over by Four Seasons in 1993 — only the second in the group to open in Europe after London’s Park Lane, ...

While many high streets struggle to bring people in, this town has a thriving retail scene that includes all sorts of unique ...

Arthur Tress’ photographs in ‘The Ramble, NYC 1969’ capture gay men, like himself, cruising around the Central Park woodland ...

This week, at least 3,000 protesters are languishing in prisons that activists have described as 'slaughterhouses', having ...

Avengers: Doomsday plot leaks are all over the internet, but which bits should you belive? We rank the likelihood of each ...

Founded in 1506, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is the world’s longest continually operating army, and, with a maximum of 135 ...