The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

A medieval scribe copied stories about a knight and a wizard into a manuscript around 750 years ago. The knight […] ...

“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old French Vulgate Merlin sequel, a different and extremely significant ...

After 25 years, the tradition of producing handmade Christmas ornaments is returning to Štítnik, in Rožňava district, eastern Slovakia. Glass-blown decorations will be made at the new GemCraft centre, ...

Jamie Hood’s account of the three times she was raped in two years, Trauma Plot, shows her to be both a sharp critic and a superb memoirist ...

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