While people’s actual feet are rounded on the end, women’s dress shoes often come to a sharp point at the toe. But why?

The book is Emendatio vitae —The Emending of Life—written in the 14th century by Richard Rolle, a Yorkshire hermit and mystic ...

The warming house at Rievaulx is next to the refectory, and was altered quite substantially over the period from the 12th to ...

The 109th edition of Pitti Uomo, the historic menswear fair that takes over the 14th-century Fortezza da Basso in the centre ...

Prior to being taken over by Four Seasons in 1993 — only the second in the group to open in Europe after London’s Park Lane, ...

A cobbled history-rich city in the heart of the mountains, Innsbruck kills three birds with one stone – imperial, Alpine and ...

While many high streets struggle to bring people in, this town has a thriving retail scene that includes all sorts of unique ...

Arthur Tress’ photographs in ‘The Ramble, NYC 1969’ capture gay men, like himself, cruising around the Central Park woodland ...

Knappan, also known as cnapan, was a medieval ball game that drew hundreds or thousands of men into chaotic clashes across ...

NAMUR? here’s that? Never heard of it. Well, that’s not surprising. Situated in Belgium, half way between Brussels and ...

Iran. Through the haze I can just make out its mountainous coastline, a mere 20-odd miles away. An undulating dark line on the horizon, but a vast presence in my mind ...

Avengers: Doomsday plot leaks are all over the internet, but which bits should you belive? We rank the likelihood of each ...