Bruce Nauman’s “Clown Torture” vintage exhibit invites its audience to see the pain bubbling beneath a veneer of jubilance.

If you've ever fantasised about living as the King or Queen of your very own castle, an ideal opportunity has hit the market.

Vintage kitchen tools with mysterious purposes challenge your culinary knowledge – is that a specialized grapefruit sectioner or a medieval torture device? The art section transforms ordinary walls ...

Advert Some do say the Heretic’s Fork was a fictional device but this has long been debated. As users watch simulations of the horrific torture method online they say it makes them ‘grateful ...

I recently had the privilege of going hands-on with a pre-launch build of DOOM: The Dark Ages, which is somehow even more metal than its predecessors.

Many of the instruments openly marketed by these companies are cruel and inhumane tools of torture, specifically designed to inflict pain and suffering. They include: Electric shock stun batons: These ...

But due to legal loopholes, companies are still able to advertise and trade torture devices like the ‘sting stick’ spiked batons, thumb screws and lethal injection drugs to known human rights abusers ...

More than 4,000 spectators, including many in Middle Ages garb, stepped into the faux-medieval world of Kryal Castle in Ballarat to watch jousting's answer to the cricket's Ashes rivalry.

Warwick Castle's new hotel - which launched in July last year - is gearing up for a busy summer season after surpassing the 10,000 visitor milestone. Since the 60-bedroom medieval hotel opened its ...

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Arundel Castle is set to host its first historical event of the 2025 season. The Easter Medieval Festival will take place over the bank holiday weekend from Friday, April 18 to Sunday, April 20.

Perched on the Northumberland coastline, Bamburgh Castle looks as though it has been plucked straight from the pages of a medieval fantasy. Indeed, it is the fabled site of Joyous Gard, the fortress ...