NOVA: What about the role of women inside the castle? What were they doing day-to-day? Holmes: Well, by and large, and this is a very broad generality, women had a subservient role in medieval England ...

From firing eggs out of a trebuchet to a quirky indoor creature trail, visitors to Bamburgh Castle enjoyed the start of an action-packed Easter weekend. Eggs quite literally took flight from a ...

When the sling was added to the trebuchet it gave the tossed projectile more velocity. This meant the trebuchet could send a lighter projectile farther, providing more distance between those who fired ...

Warwick Castle is one of those places I keep coming back to. With its mix of history, live shows and ever-changing seasonal ...