The thing with vising Pagan sites in Cornwall is that it’s quite hard to pin down what ‘Pagan’ actually means. Pagan and specifically Celtic religious sites were often based in sacred groves ...

The circle and the stone share a dark and mysterious past, according to Irish mythology, for they have been identified as the site of pagan human sacrifice and the worship of the Sun God ...

Imagine a world where the Romans and Normans gave us a miss – Africa is the world’s powerhouse and GB is a mishmash of surly Saxons, poetical Celts and gnarly northerners. Add in a few murders ...

Who invented Christmas? Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter ...