Real Crusades History on MSN

Medieval soldiers faced brutal hand-to-hand combat on the beaches

During the Battle of Jaffa in 1192, Saladin’s forces nearly destroyed the Crusader stronghold before Richard the Lionheart ...
HistoryMarche on MSN

This video shows what happens when two kings let hatred decide the battlefield

The Battle of Gisors in 1198 was part of the bitter rivalry between Richard the Lionheart and Philip Augustus. Both kings were locked in a struggle for power, territory, and prestige. What began as ...

Let’s create new hereditary peers and put them to work – just not in the Lords

The government was right to abolish hereditary peers, but it would be a mistake to lose the custodians of the memories of ...
E! Online

Hello, This Is the Guide to Lionel Richie's Family You've Been Looking For

Find out the touching story of how Lionel Richie—father of Nicole Richie, Miles Ritchie and Sofia Richie Grainge—became a dad in the first place and much more.

Best Of: Novelist Douglas Stuart / ‘Half Man’ Actor Richard Gadd

Like the main character in his Booker Prize-winning novel 'Shuggie Bain,' writer Douglas Stuart grew up in Glasgow, working class, queer, and with a mother addicted to alcohol. His first career was in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Century Ago, an Explorer and His Pilot Claimed to Be the First People to Fly Over the North Pole. Here’s Why Experts Doubt That Achievement

While the success of Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett’s polar flight has been disputed, the former went on to accomplish ...
WLRN

Fresh Air Weekend: Novelist Douglas Stuart; Actor Richard Gadd

In Stuart's new novel John of John, both father and son are gay. David Bianculli reviews the TV adaptation of Lord of the ...

Detailed look at how Reform took control in Calderdale

It was a day – and a night – where Reform UK ran rampant to take overall control of Calderdale Council in a rare “all out” election which saw 54 seats in 18 wards up for grabs.