King James VI and I came to the English throne at a turbulent time.

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Here’s a roundup of notable Massachusetts destinations with histories that date further back than America itself.

ND Adam Szetela's That Book Is Dangerous! makes the case that we exist in the "Sensitivity Era".Author Dan Dixon ...

From pumpkin festivals in New England to costumed parades in South America and glow-in-the-dark zoo adventures in Asia, ...

When a piece of furniture has survived for nearly 350 years, you know it has some history, but one such cabinet may have the ...

Bridget Bishop was the first woman executed during the infamous Salem witch trials — and her only real crime may have been being different. In a time when paranoia ruled and suspicion meant death, she ...

During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stake ...

Simply sign up to the Social affairs myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Remember the one about the software CEO, the head of HR and the Jumbotron camera? Earlier this year, Andy Byron, ...