History

Heritage park at former castle site opens

Excavations reveal town's 1,400-year history

Exhibition explores ethics of human archaeology

The life of pioneering women's rights campaigner

The little-known Welsh writer who was a Nobel nominee

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Rare Saxon artefact to go on display at museum

Shakespeare family home damaged as car backs into it

Skeletons found in mass grave are ancient Roman soldiers, study finds

Gothic revival castle goes on sale for £2m

Why does a Bronze Age hoard have a silvery 'glow'?

Pieces of Sir Isaac Newton's home up for grabs

Glasgow university returns human remains to South Africa

Einstein's violin verified by Cambridge composer

Play reveals the untold stories of death on stage

Notorious horse thief letters on show in UK first

Is Jack Sparrow based on a 16th Century Kent pirate?

WW2 Home Guard soldiers were not 'old duffers', says historian

Priest to undertake medieval themed pilgrimage

James Joyce's private collection goes on display

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Hopes hoard of medieval coins will go on display

I photograph food to escape my harrowing research