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Times photographer Jack Hill captures thousands of wintering birds in Snettisham as they visit the feeding ground at the Wash

King Canute was no softy. When England first resisted his claims to the crown he returned to Denmark, stopping only to return hostages in his control after cutting off their hands, ears, and noses.

He’s best known as the king who lost the battle of Hastings and died after being shot in the eye by an arrow (even though he probably wasn’t), but what we do we know of Harold Godwinson before that fateful day?

The Vikings reached as far west as Newfoundland, but did they also venture into Africa, the Middle East and Asia?

Overcoming adversity and unimaginable trauma and uncovering hidden truths are common threads in some of 2024′s most promising non-fiction titles.

Feeder Schools: We sought perspectives from two experts to present arguments both in favour of and against the use of school tables. In this article, Peter McGuire argues in their favour

It wouldn’t be surprising if by the time many readers scan these words Storm Ciaran is fading from memory. A week is a long time in meteorology.

Why do the bones of luminaries such as King Cnut, Emma of Normandy and William II lie mixed up in six chests in Winchester Cathedral? And what do these remains tell us about the evolution of early England? Cat Jarman investigates

The case of Jaswant Singh Chail has shone a light on the latest generation of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots.