Noxious verbal refuse, or a creative safety-valve? Make up your own bleeping mind

The British Library is to bring together four surviving copies of the original Magna Carta for the first time in history to mark the 800th anniversary of King John's royal charter.

A lifetime's practice of poetry equips James, as translator and interpreter, to scale this summit

Rearrangement indicates ancient execution rituals designed to ensure the dead do not return to life, say archaeologists

Several thousand thrill-seekers tested their bravery on Sunday by dashing alongside six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on the first day of the running of the bulls.

The judge in embezzlement case has retired to consider the verdict and sentence

Hitzacker is one of those idyllic red-brick, north German towns that seem to have been purpose built for the tourist trade. Its 18th-century timbered houses and narrow streets attract thousands of visitors each year.

Two Lithuanian television installers known as the “brothers of Beckton” have emerged as perhaps Britain’s greatest fighters since medieval times.

Books, films and TV shows have brought back to the 21st Century the medieval era of fights and knights, but ever wondered how exactly a medieval fighting would be today? Watch a video below of a medieval fighting:

The Football Association chairman, David Bernstein, has hit back at Rio Ferdinand’s claim that a new coaching strategy is needed to help English youngsters.

The Week in Books

Local historians say it's the site of the curtain-raiser to Hastings in 1066. The council wants to build hundreds of houses on it

A handy reminder of who's who ahead of the third series

Room Service: Torre di Moravola, Moravola Alta, Montone, Umbria, Italy