Definition of "coat of arms": an arrangement of bearings, usually depicted on and around a shield, that indicates ancestry and distinctions. In scarlet red and white, this coat of arms uses elements ...

The University Arms, whose background colour is azure, contains a gold-edged open book at its centre, on which is inscribed Disce Doce (Learn and Teach). On either side is a sheaf of eight silver ...

After my column last year, ‘Thank you, pan minister’ in which I ‘thanked’ Prime Minister Dr Rowley for the ill-timed, ...

More than 3,500 miles from the Capitol, Selby Abbey is home to the Washington Window, one of the one of the oldest surviving ...

King Frederik appeared to send a coded warning to Donald Trump over the territory, which the incoming president wants to buy.

To solve this problem, the crusaders’ shields were painted with identifying signs. When you saw a familiar mark, you knew the man carrying it was an ally and, as such, shouldn’t die by your hand.

Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to ...