Kalleigh Wagner had just watched a horse throw an armored knight during a joust when Captain Hook walked up to her. Hook told the 10-year-old girl he was looking for Peter Pan. “We have some ...

But because of the narrow, unhip way the world was run in the 14th century, a lot of the fun stuff, including jousting, was reserved for the nobility. What a drag. Then the knight William serves ...

They called it football, but it didn’t really catch on for centuries – because jousting was so much more exciting. This August Bank Holiday, English Heritage is re-creating the thrills of knights in ...

which stars Heath Ledger as a self-made knight named William Thatcher. He stages a sort of World Jousting Federation tournament, with spectators clapping their hands and banging their fists to the ...