In late 18th-century northern England, the Christmas season (Christmastide) was observed from St. Nicholas’s Day (6 Dec) through Twelfth Nig...
Introduction:   In British and Irish lore, the boundary between the mundane world and a magical “Otherworld” is often imagined as a   veil  ...
A medieval northern English castle (Raby Castle in County Durham) remained an imposing stone fortress but was updated for comfort by the lat...