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The streets of central London were filled with a troupe of 17th Century Civil War re-enactors as they marched down The Mall in honour of Charles I. Hundreds of history enthusiasts, dressed in armour and uniforms from the period, led...

JUST when I feel my faith in Brexit wavering, the European Union acts like a playground bully demanding dinner money from the class weakling — and I remember why we yearn to break free...

Thousands of people descended on Shetland dressed in Norse attire for the world-famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. The spectacle, which attracts visitors from around the globe, takes place in Lerwick on the last Tuesday of...

A giant wooden dragon has prompted a police warning to drivers not to slow down to look at it after an accident and numerous near-misses. The 25ft carving, called Y Ddraig Derw - The Oak...

Almost all elite Brexit opinion, in Europe as in Britain, is built on the premise that somebody on the other side of the Channel is going to do something profoundly against his own self-interest... Europe still thinks Britain will come out worse from Brexit Why the EU still doesn’t understand...

Faces of the earliest British residents have been recreated to show what they may have looked like and tell their story. For the first time, we can see features in their faces...

A team working on a project to widen the A14 has discovered what is believed to be evidence of the first beer brewed in the UK...

Derry’s recent car bomb underscores a curious omission in all the Brexit argy-bargy about a ‘hard border’. Throughout, neither May, nor Barnier, nor even Varadkar ever utters the letters I, R and A. Yet the scummy residue of this vanquished potato blight lies at the heart of the hysteria about...

Yet amid the current battle over Brexit, it is worth recalling what happened 370 years ago. Because what is at stake today is not just the UK’s future relations with the European Union or trade deals with the world. It is democracy itself, the relationship between the demos, the people, and...

For those who have forgotten... A quick reminder of what freedom of speech means Ross Greer, Graham Linehan, Tommy Robinson — all must have the liberty to speak. BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 29th January 2019 Spiked A quick reminder of what freedom of speech means. It means Ross Greer, the...

In 1740, in a case heard at the Old Bailey, 16-year-old William Duell was found guilty of the rape and murder of a servant, Sarah Griffin. He was hanged at noon on 24 November. His body was laid out on a slab ready for dissection… then he woke up. Words by Elizabeth Hurren...

Writing for History Extra, Dr Sean Lang separates the history of England from the history of the British Isles... A brief history of England...

Meet Fintan O'Toole, the Irish author and journalist whose sneering at Leavers smacks of the aristocratic elitism that Remainers are renowned for... Fintan O’Toole could not be more wrong about...

One lefty's pathetic attempts to excuse the vandalism of the Bomber Command memorial... TONY PARSONS To...

A bald hedgehog is having daily massages at a wildlife rescue centre in a bid to regrow his spines...

It's a controversial date in Australia, but for many Down Under, today is Australia Day - and the perfect excuse for a few beers and a barbecue...

Exploding sweets, radioactive ornaments and poisonous medicine were just some of the potentially deadly dangers lurking in Victorian and Edwardian homes. These health hazards were often found in everyday, apparently innocuous objects...

There was much excitement when the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders were discovered beneath London's Euston Station...

An Aberdeenshire stone circle initially thought to be thousands of years old has been identified as a modern replica...

When he was a small boy, Nick Arnold’s grandfather entertained him with stories of a gory medieval battle between Vikings and Saxons which had, according to local legend, taken place close to his home in the north Devon countryside. Fate took Mr Arnold down the path of a career as a successful...