Illustrator Lili Chin became fascinated with dog behavior in 2008 after her Boston terrier, Boogie, bit their landlord and ...

The late cardinal George Pell has been credited with interceding to save the life of a little boy. But a sign of Pell’s ...

Hot cross buns once symbolised pagan festivals, moved into Christian rites and survived royal bans to remain a symbol of ...

Lismore, meaning great ringfort, is one of Co. Waterford’s most historic towns, founded by St. Mochuda ... of medieval Ireland because of the number and quality of the illustrations.

According to medieval chronicler William of Malmesbury, Svein’s sister (or, possibly, half sister) Gunnhild was a victim of the St. Brice ... Shown here is an illustration from an Anglo ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

An illustration of project number 92 ... of the Hospital of St John the Evangelist. The Hospital of St John the Evangelist in medieval Cambridge was a small, quasi-monastic charity institution ...

Ever had that moment when you realize paradise was in your backyard all along? That’s the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway in ...

But how trustworthy were the alluring illustrations and evocative descriptions that filled guidebooks past to places far removed and little known?