A chatty coat of arms? According to the French, it is. Known as arms parlant or ‘canting’ arms, these shorthand emblems of identification play a visual pun on the family surname. It is up to the ...

During the Fiesta de Santa Fe every summer, many attendees might notice wooden, shield-shaped objects hanging from the outsides of buildings around the Plaza. These objects are known as coats of arms ...

Researching your family history can reveal all sorts of fascinating and unexpected things about your ancestors - from where they lived and how they worked, to secret siblings and long lost cousins. As ...

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has just spent £37,000 of taxpayers’ money having his portrait painted, and having a coat of arms drawn up. I am sure that in these straitened ...