Alrewas in Staffordshire is best known now for the National Memorial Arboretum, but in May 1974 the site was at the centre of ...

British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

WAFTING their metal detectors over rolling ­farmland, George Powell and Layton Davies dreamt of striking it rich. Like the hapless characters in BBC show Detectorists, the pair had tramped the ...

Simon Wicks helped two amateur metal detectorists flog their findings on the black market in 2015 before being sentenced in ...

The first Easter egg hunt is believed to have taken place in Germany around the 17th century. Martin Luther, a Protestant ...

Let's embark on a journey through time to uncover the stories and events that shaped this enchanting town into the beloved coastal gem it is today.

In this period and later, the close relationship of Scottish kings with the English court, reinforced by marriage, led to the expansion of English as the language of government and the rise of ...

A rare bat species has been found among a thriving population at a site famous for the unearthing of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship. Sixteen detectors were placed at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge ...

North America's underside may be "dripping" down into mantle below. (Image credit: Timothy Hodgkinson via Alamy) Deep beneath the Midwest lies an ancient slab of Earth's crust, and it's sucking ...

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Under current conditions, the transition to an Anglo-French “Eurodeterrent” is the best option for Europe. The fundamental nature of the crisis afflicting U.S. extended nuclear deterrence to NATO is ...