In 1997, Ken Norman was in the backstretch of an NBA career that would earn him more than $21 million over 10 years. He was also putting the finishing touches on a 7,152-square-foot dream house at ...

Thousands of visitors flock to UK castles each year, some with links to Harry Potter, others with a long history of sieges, but for two archaeologists from the University of York, the site of what was ...

I recently had the pleasure of attending the ninth annual Workshop on Internet Economics (WIE) at the University of California, San Diego. It might not seem a likely place to discuss English castles ...

Archeologists recently unearthed the walls of a Norman castle under a prison basketball court in Gloucester, England. A team of archaeologists exposed a 12th century "castle keep wall" while ...

The site where William the Conqueror received the English surrender is to become "complete" once more after a firm donated adjacent land. Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, was one of the most ...

After 5 fives of restoration, Norwich Castle is finally unveiling its Norman treasures. This 12th-century architectural gem is now more accessible than ever. In the heart of England, a majestic ...

For most of the time the land we currently know as the United Kingdom has existed, the kings and queens that have ruled over it have done so with entitlement and brutality — and often both. From the ...

Stroud, Eng.: Tempus Publishing/Chicago, IPG, 2006. Pp. 256. Illus., maps, diagr., tables, biblio., index. $37.95 paper. ISBN: 0752436511 A Few Well-Positioned ...