When we think of the Medieval tavern we imagine dark and smelly places with huge wooden tables and benches, places of gambling, violence, and shady business deals. But what were pubs really like ...

However, it's important to remember that, to the average medieval European, unicorns were not mythical, but a zoological truth. Medieval art is full of unicorns. One famous example is the series ...

But even if knights' encounters with firearms were uncommon, medieval armor may have offered some protection against a bullet. "The Late Medieval-Early Modern Era, from around 1380 to about 1600 ...

The Baftas were witness to a parade of peacocking luminaries. And, just last week, nominees embraced sculptural cuts, textural flourishes and plenty of black ensembles for the SAG red carpet ...

Homes planned for a new housing estate have been slammed as "poor" and "crammed" onto the site after it was revealed that almost half of their gardens were ... to the early medieval period.