Thirlwell Castle (Image: Fabulous North) John Thirwall built Thirwell Castle near Gilsland in the 1330s and may have chosen this site as all the materials he needed to build it were close by, ...

The Netherlands has won the gold medal in women's field hockey at the Paris Olympics by beating China 2-1 in a shootout in the final. The U.S. women's 4x100m relay team won gold, while the men's ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...