As millions of people break their Ramadan fast, many believers around the world reach for Om Ali – a wildly popular dish tied to an unbelievable legend.

In 11th-Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new study is hoping to reassert her place in history.

English recently became the US's official language. But on a tiny island, residents still speak the country's most English version of English, and many Americans don't understand it.

The story of Schindler's heroism became a novel and a film. But in 1982, author Thomas Keneally told the BBC that this was all thanks to a chance meeting with a luggage salesman.

As the clocks go forward this spring, see if you can solve these puzzles based on ancient calendars.

Performers and visitors to the famous gothic cathedral in the midst of the River Seine may find some subtle differences to the way sound bounces around its walls.

Forty years ago, English poet Harrison published a powerful work inspired by vandalised gravestones in his hometown Leeds.

The author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, spoke to the BBC in 1986 about the appeal of the comic series for tech executives.