Dragons have been used for political manoeuvring throughout the history of Britain.
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The French meddled in the civil war between the Yorks and Lancasters, hoping for an outcome that would favour them.
Plague-wary Londoners tolerated mischievous red kites and ravens for their services to the city’s sanitation.
Rumours, conspiracy theories, the blame game: sound familiar?
Mantel’s prize-winning novels put imaginary flesh on the skeletal historical record and gives us the complete picture of the Tudor courtier.
African American Vernacular English is part and parcel of Black identity. Its distinctive linguistic features are — wrongly — denigrated.
The Monty Python star was also a highly respected author on Chaucer and the writer of a series of children’s history books.
It was a rocky beginning for English spelling. Then things got worse.
Sharp-eyed Victorian writers exploded the myth of tranquil village life.
Anne of Denmark proved women could play a key role in the 17th-century patriarchy.
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