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A fearless woman has broken tradition to become the first female ever to compete again male jousters at an English castle. Traditionally no females took part in the dangerous tournaments during Medieval times because all elite knights were male. But today 46-year-old Nicky Willis, a leading...

We did it. We really did it, just as I always hoped and suspected we would. If David Cameron had paid more attention to the prophetic words of the writer G. K. Chesterton, he might have seen it coming, too. Chesterton is probably best known as the author of the Father Brown detective stories...

Here is a list of some of the winners (including Liz Hurley, Michael Caine, car registration plates and the Queen) and some of the losers (including Eddie Izzard, Bob Geldof and Benedict Cumberbatch) of the EU referendum.... RICHARD KAY: From Liz Hurley to Eddie Izzard and Sir Michael Caine...

There have been two great democratic moments in post-war British politics. The first was in the 1945 General Election when victory for the Labour Party under Clement Attlee swept away the old British establishment and brought in a new era of social democracy. The second is today. Just...

Furious European leaders scrambled to save the EU project today as Brussels chief Jean Claude Juncker told Britain not to expect an 'amicable divorce'. He and other EU leaders are demanding Britain opens negotiations 'immediately' even though David Cameron appealed for calm and said...

There were two referendums on Thursday. The first was on membership of the EU. The second was on the British establishment. Leave won both, and the world will never be the same again... This was the day the British people defied their jailers Tim Stanley 24 June 2016 The...

Historian Robert Saunders looks back at the first UK-wide referendum, held in 1975 on the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), and considers what we can learn from its outcome… Britain decides: the first European referendum On 23 June 2016, Britain...

Fragments of pottery and coins unearthed by archaeologists have revealed a small town in Devon had links to the Roman Empire. The artefacts were found at a dig in the village of Ipplepen, which is thought to have been the site of an early Romano-British settlement. Experts say the discovery is...

George MacDonald Fraser is remembered for his series of novels starring Harry Flashman, a skirt-chasing rogue and officer caught up in the great military campaigns of Victorian Britain. The acclaimed author was an unabashed patriot given to colourful views. A few years before he died in...

The Queen has been canvassing opinion on the EU debate by asking dinner companions: "Give me three good reasons why Britain should be part of Europe." Her Majesty's biographer, Robert Lacey, reported the Queen's comments and suggested they may mean the Queen favours withdrawal from...

Politicians are making their final pitch for votes on the last day of campaigning before the EU referendum. David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron will address rallies arguing the UK will be better off and safer with a Remain vote in Thursday's poll. Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage...

Who is really poisoning public debate? Who is it that has turned what ought to have been a smart and deep discussion about Britain and the EU into a prejudice-fest? I know we’re meant to think it’s the Leave campaign, with its cries of ‘The Albanians are coming!’ and ‘Oh my God...

The sun will come up on Friday morning whatever the result of the referendum. But Leave or Remain, Britain will never be the same country again. We face a stark choice. Do we vote to become once more the ultimate masters of our own destiny, with the power to make our laws and control our...

MPs and peers are paying tribute to Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed in her constituency in West Yorkshire on Thursday. Parliament, which was in recess for the EU referendum, has been recalled to remember Mrs Cox, 41, who was described as "perfect" by her family. After the Commons and Lords...

Irish Republicans killed Mrs Thatcher’s close associate, Airey Neave MP, at the beginning of the 1979 general election campaign. Mrs Thatcher told the Commons, “Airey’s death…will enhance our resolve that the God-given freedoms in which he believed, and which are the foundation of our...

Even if Britain votes to Remain in the EU Empire on Thursday, the EU Empire is going to fail. It is not long for this world, and Britain should vote to leave the EU Empire on Thursday to protect it from the EU Empire's death throes. The EU Empire is going to fail. On Thursday, we can protect...

The Remain campaign appear to think that we will simply believe whatever they tell us however much it conflicts with our own lived experience. They may be in for a surprise.... How did the Remain campaign get the British character so wrong? Janet Daley 18 June 2016 The...

Earlier this year BBC History Magazine asked its readers to vote for the historical figures they’ve been talking about, in its History Hot 100 poll. After being tallied, examined and analysed, the results are in. While the list is dominated by well-known names, some more unusual entries...

In this period of self-imposed political purdah, it is very disappointing that so many in the Remain campaign, especially those on the Left, have sought to exploit Jo Cox’s death for their advantage. It is morally reprehensible that they think they know the motives of the alleged killer...

Former defence chief Lord Guthrie has boosted the hopes of Brexit campaigners by dramatically switching sides from Remain to Leave over 'dangerous' European army plans. Only four months ago he signed a Downing Street letter from military leaders arguing that Britain would be safer in the...