At 3pm on the 8th May 1945, then Prime Minister Winston Churchill made an announcement on the radio that Germany had surrendered.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the original wonders of the world that still exists today.

Let’s get into the spirit of the season by highlighting some of the nation’s favourite springtime poems.

Darwin understood that character traits were passed down from parents to their offspring, though he couldn’t understand the mechanism for how this occurred.

Despite being attributed to Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne is a collection of traditional Scottish tunes which he collated into one song, in an attempt to preserve some of the oral culture of his country.

When the Vikings invaded, language in Britain saw a mingling of the Old Norse language and Old English, and many Norse words were adopted into the English language.

Whilst the most well-known mummies are those discovered in Egypt, many other civilisations across the globe have also been found to have preserved bodies in this way.

Here we list a few of the more unusual Christmas traditions from around the globe.

Whilst devotion to Saint Andrew grew over the centuries, it wasn’t until 1320, when Scotland’s independence was declared with the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath, that he officially became Scotland’s patron saint.

Witness testimony about dreams and visions was considered legitimate evidence used to convict defendants.