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His Costa-shortlisted first book examined his own schizophrenia, from hospital breakouts to hiding from the police. Now the writer has fed this into Tale of Ahmed, a story in rap verse about a boy fleeing Afghanistan for Britain

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

Sweary realism gives colour to these accounts of England’s most appalling kings and queens

I believe that Charles, who is a keen student of royal history, could learn lessons from his predecessor Charles II.

The 400-year-old Grade II-listed property has five acres and a moat fed by its own natural spring

George R.R. Martin drew from history, particularly a two-decade period known as The Anarchy for this Targaryen plot

Author George R R Martin has made no secret of the real-life medieval inspiration for House of the Dragon.

In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions of the Middle Ages they see in movies and television.

As Attorney General Merrick Garland and Justice Department professionals ponder charging Donald Trump with felony charges for his apparent crimes related to his failed putsch at the Capitol during the electoral vote count as documented in detail by the Jan. 6 committee, the great grifter has no such fears about…