More than 2,000 years ago, Socrates asked a surprisingly enduring question: What is a tickle, and why are we so sensitive to ...

In November 1859, the naturalist Charles Darwin was taking the ‘water cure’ in West Yorkshire and preparing to release his seminal work, On the Origin of Species. His voyage around the world ...

In 1662 Charles married Portuguese infanta Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV (she is buried in Portugal). They had no children but Charles had 13 children by various mistresses. Charles ...

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, is the younger brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales and is the maternal uncle of Prince William and Prince Harry. Charles succeeded as 9th Earl Spencer ...