The Latest Breaking News from Geoffrey Chaucer

When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the everyday soldiers who actually filled the ranks? Until recently, their stories were scattered across handwritten manuscripts in Latin or French and difficult to decipher. Now, our online database makes it possible for…

Letters: Cancelling degree courses on the subject is a form of cultural vandalism, says Linden West. Plus a letter from Diana Hirst

The warning is provided to students studying the Chaucer and His Contemporaries module

Evening Standard analysis of all the key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

While the proposed revisions of the English curriculum in secondary schools have unnerved and offended some, there is perhaps one silver lining.

Editorial: As a recent BBC series confirms, the idea of a spiritual journey has survived the decline of organised religion

“Well, we didn’t see that one coming — the Houthis took us all by surprise,” a distinguished former security official muttered to me this week. In just under four months the Houthis have attacked 57 vessels in and around the Red Sea. They have disrupted waterways carrying 15 per cent…

A new exhibition in Oxford charts the different ways the great Medieval poet has been interpreted by readers down the centuries

Editorial: The latest collection to go online reveals the six centuries of influence of a medieval giant who predated the printed press