2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (330+ words) Before the humble selfie became popular, in 1979, Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon invited members of the community to take pictures of themselves as part of a project to archive inner-city life in Birmingham. More than 500 people took part…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (616+ words) A set of giant monoliths known as the "Devil’s Arrows" were moved 18km (11 miles) across Yorkshire by Stone Age people, new research has found. The three columns have been standing in a farmer's field in Boroughbridge for thousands of years, with…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (303+ words) In 1985, reports of a moving statue of the Virgin Mary drew thousands of people to the village of Ballinspittle in County Cork, Ireland. Helen Ledwick speaks to Ita Dungan, who travelled there as a teenager and remembers the crowds gathering…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (295+ words) In 1935, tens of thousands who had followed Mao Zedong on the Long March across China struggled to survive. They were fleeing Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces during the country's civil war. Zhong Ming was one of them. In 2014, a year before…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (525+ words) Behind an unassuming door within a road tunnel, Peter Burgess switches on some dim lights in a hidden cave and waits for them to warm up. It's the darkness and silence of a cave that gives it an eerie stillness,…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (823+ words) Researchers believe the first known humans to set foot on Ireland thousands of years ago were most likely from Wales, following the "exciting" discovery of ancient cave art. During the most recent Ice Age, when much of the British Isles…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (474+ words) When Shropshire metal detectorist Chris Langston heard the tell-tale beep of his device in a field outside Oswestry last year, he thought it was nothing unusual. It had picked up a small, heart-shaped object that he thought could have come…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (246+ words) Plans to revamp an 11th Century church are back on track after the project was awarded £2.65m, a council has said. The Holy Trinity Church is believed to be the oldest building still standing in Colchester, but it ceased being used for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (209+ words) Heritage sites across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will open their doors to visitors for free, as part of a festival to celebrate history and culture. The events, which have been organised as part of Heritage Open Days, will take place…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (116+ words) BBC Manuscripts 'hidden in plain sight' reveals medieval history Seventeen fragments of medieval manuscripts that had been "hidden in plain sight" for centuries have been uncovered in Guernsey. Offering insight into the island's early literary culture, the fragments suggest late…...