When the plague swept through Glastonbury, Wells, Shepton Mallet, Frome and Street, it didn’t just kill – it reshaped ...

Here are five places that tell the story of the Pearl of the Ionian Sea. The Arab-Norman Castle, Saracen Castle, or Monte ...

Garibaldi emerged from the Second War of Italian Unification frustrated with politicians but more famous than ever. After ...

Off the coast of Sicily, in waters that once formed one of the busiest crossroads of the ancient Mediterranean, divers have ...

Members of New York’s underworld were only too happy to help, and the collaboration proved a success. Frank Costello, the acting boss of the so-called National Commission—a sort of governing board of ...

The West Highland Line connects Glasgow to the Scottish Highlands, with stops in destinations like Oban, Fort William, and Mallaig. During the ride, travelers can take in dazzling views of the ...

Roman dream of building structure over strait of Messina has been revived by officials, despite claims it is unworkable and protests from locals For more than 2,000 years, it has been an obsessive ...

The brother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett has told how their mother spent her final days "slipping in and out of consciousness" repeating: "We never found him, did we?" Winnie Johnson, 78, died ...

Cardinal Parolin praises the enduring witness of St. Agatha's immense faith while in Sicily as papal legate for the celebrations marking the 900th anniversary of the translation of the martyr’s relics ...

Four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina were stolen from his Sicilian hometown on Saturday after surviving earthquakes and centuries of history. Crooks took them while locals celebrated a ...

The works, by Antonello da Messina, were taken as the Sicilian city of Messina held a religious celebration. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Four paintings by the Renaissance master ...