Historical fiction often conjures images of corseted characters, crumbling castles, and long-forgotten wars. It can be a genre of comfort, of stepping into the past to forget the noise of the present.

There are writers who entertain, and then there are writers who rewrite the way we understand the world. Yaa Gyasi belongs to the latter. Through her layered and haunting historical fiction, she ...

Explore Europe’s enchanted twelfth century through the eyes of a brave girl and a noble knight in this poetic treasure.

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

The death of Pope Francis has brought the documentary series ‘Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History’ back into the spotlight ...

Choose a name that reflects your character's race in Oblivion: Remastered for a deeper immersion into the game world.

A sci-fi/fantasy movie might be an alien invasion blockbuster; a bloody sword-and-sorcery epic; or a quiet, reflective fable. What these movies all have in common is the imagination to think outside ...

The school announced that Cotsworld Archaeology experts uncovered approximately 150 post-medieval burials not contained in burial vaults. Further excavations revealed approximately 170 earlier ...

The Times Opinion columnist discusses religion and belief — at this moment in our politics and in our lives more generally.

If you’ve ever wondered why bold ideas sometimes stall at the starting line, Harrison Klein, Olivia Whiteman, Tony ...

The country’s elusive identity resides not in a National Trust garden, but on the thundering dual carriageway of the A1.