THESE days, many Malaysians pay for things digitally, relying on e-wallets and online banking. Fewer people carry much cash ...

In 927, Athelstan became the first king to rule over all of England — and it hadn't been an easy journey. Though he was the ...

You may not have heard of Malmesbury in Wiltshire but it has been around for a very long time. Its origins date back to the middle of the sixth century, after the Saxons wrested final control ...

If the committee-approved memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park is to be imaginative, well realised and uplifting ...

Athelstan (d. 939) is the first English king to be shown on his coins wearing a crown or circlet. For many people, the king's image on coins was the only likeness of the monarch which they were likely ...

The Duchess of Sussex’s reality show is not our first behind-British-royal-curtain rodeo. We’ve been here before, many times.

While guidebooks and tour buses often direct visitors to the quaint villages perched above Cirencester in the Cotswolds, where shin-kicking and river football are popular pastimes, there's a ...

It's 40 minutes on a good day from the centre of Bristol to Malmesbury - the town is just 25 miles from Cabot Circus. The simplest way is to go up the M4 to junction 17 and head north - and it's five ...

And not just any king, but the first king of England, King Athelstan, a local lad who unified England and then Britain in the 930s. Local tales abound - all from a thousand years ago. It’s as if ...

Last year, Malmesbury’s Athelstan 1100 event marked the anniversary of Athelstan becoming the first king of all England. The document said that the project’s goals are to erect a statue of the king in ...