A herd of goats is threatened by a pride of lions, and it falls to one brave billy to face the danger alone.

In this fable from India, a sly little insect teaches a jackdaw that all that glisters is not necessarily edible.

Two of the Victorian Age’s most distinguished historians locked horns over the question of whether historians should be nice.

Dr Watson is looking for rooms in London, and an old colleague suggests someone who might be able to help him.

Abdul Karim’s rapid rise in Victoria’s household made him enemies.