Most stories of the Vikings and their gods focus on men. It’s time for the women to take centre stage: from giantesses to bad ...

As the US renews interest in Greenland, Nordic countries are standing united. The standoff has revived memories of a ...

From space, Greenland looks less like a pastoral paradise and more like a frozen shield, its interior locked under one of the ...

When plans to site a solar farm across an expanse of top quality farmland outside Husthwaite in the Howardian Hills National ...

Every time a phone connects to wireless earbuds or a car stereo, a tiny Viking legacy quietly flickers to life. The ...

GRAFFITI expert Tom Standage believes that historians used to be “sniffy” about street art – until they realised it offered a ...

So Erik rocked up in Greenland, becoming the first viking on the island. He’s credited with coining the name “green land” as ...

A huge battle where thousands died took place in the fields of Merseyside before it was “hushed up” for centuries, an historian has claimed. The Battle of Brunanburh is the principal name given to a ...

But, no, Elvis Presley is the King of Rock 'n' Roll's real name.

The 52nd edition of the legendary Rosendale Viking Run took place on Sunday, December 28, starting from the corner of ...

Carlisle, and Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, are not far away; neither is Hadrian’s Wall or the Lake District. Some of ...

From ancient fjords to medieval cathedrals, Norway’s coastline is packed with history – and on a Nordic cruise, you can ...