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Irish actor Frank Kelly, best known for playing the foul-mouthed alcoholic Father Jack Hackett in Nineties British sitcom Father Ted, has died aged 77. Kelly had been a veteran of the stage and screen for 60 years. He had more recent roles in Emmerdale and Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie. Kelly...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to visit the Taj Mahal, where Princess Diana famously signalled that her marriage to Prince Charles was over. In 1992 the Princess posed for pictures on her own in front of the world's most romantic building to send a message that she and her husband...

Would life outside the European Union be a ‘leap in the dark’, condemning Britain to a precarious and precipitous future, or might Brexit be an opportunity to liberate ourselves from an undemocratic and anachronistic institution that no longer serves our interests? These are the two...

Londoners, commuters and tourists are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the capital's £15billion railway line but while Crossrail offers a look into London's future it is also unearthing a window into its rich and colourful past. Since work begun on the new line in 2009, a plethora of...

Gianni Infantino wants to reunite football after becoming president of world football's governing body Fifa. The Uefa secretary general succeeds fellow Swiss Sepp Blatter, polling 115 votes, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, at Friday's election. Blatter...

Welcome to the mad world of The Canary. If you don't already read it, then you must... Great news for Corbynistas... it’s the maddest Left-wing website in the world How The Canary is boldly taking on the combined forces of the Tories, the media, and reality...

Pop duo Joe and Jake have been selected to represent the UK at May's Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. The singers, both former contestants on The Voice UK, won a public vote with You're Not Alone, an uptempo, piano-driven song "about unity and love". "It feels amazing," said Joe...

Around two million votes are being counted after Friday's exit polls in the Republic of Ireland's general election suggest the governing Fine Gael-Labour coalition could lose its majority. An exit poll commissioned by the Irish Times suggests Fine Gael, the senior party in the governing...

As Britain’s military fortunes ebbed and flowed in the run-up to Waterloo, the public mood routinely swung from joy to horror and back again. Jenny Uglow tells the story of the year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land... The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land...

It might look like an old guitar plectrum or even a key fob, but this Mesolithic 'pendant' is much more rare and significant. Digital imaging techniques have uncovered engravings on the 11,000-year-old shale jewellery, making it the earliest known art from that era ever found in Britain...

We should be proud of the role we have played in Europe. We have many friends in many countries who understand and appreciate that historic role. If Britain leaves the EU it will be more in sorrow than in anger. Quiet voices will hear our news. The best of them will receive it in silence...

This garish poster of a camel dressed as the Queen conveys a central message of Iran's election campaign. Above the spectacle of a camel wearing a hat and silver crown is a resounding slogan in Persian: "England is yearning to meddle in the elections of Iran." The poster is carefully...

An extremely rare and valuable Beatles record that was found languishing in a loft is to be auctioned next month. Described as "a Holy Grail item", the 1962 10-inch record of Till There Was You and Hello Little Girl lay forgotten in the home of Les Maguire for decades. Maguire, the...

From rat pie to diced calf’s brain, five food historians introduce a selection of palate-pleasers from the past. Once you’ve digested their suggestions, enter the poll to say which one of these dishes you’d most like to eat. What was the best meal in history...

So, FTSE 100 company bosses have come out in favour of staying in the EU – even if, as Ed West notes, the 198 signatories in a letter to the Times represent only 36 companies. I wonder if anyone dropped out at the last moment to reduce the tally below the figure of 200. Of course big...

Stephanie Barczewski, Professor of History at Clemson University in South Carolina, is on to something when she identifies a peculiarly British propensity for glorifying disaster. Where she is crashingly wrong is in her interpretation of the reason why: that it’s all down to the desire...

Adele is Queen of the Brits, winning four prizes including best British female solo artist and best album at the 2016 Brit Awards last night. "To come back after so long away and be so warmly received means so much," she said. The star, who closed the show by performing When We Were Young...

Throughout the country, and particularly on our university campuses, it is being suggested that, in moral terms, nothing separates the appalling white supremacist apartheid regime of South Africa with the Israeli state. It was reported yesterday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin...

An extraordinarily detailed interactive map reveals the horrifying toll of British troops killed in the Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval battle of the First World War. The tool allows users to discover the names and stories of people from their area who were involved in the conflict...

Crossrail, the new railway which will run beneath London, is to be named the Elizabeth Line in honour of the Queen, Boris Johnson has announced. London's mayor revealed the line's name and purple logo as he visited Bond Street station with the monarch. The building of the new railway line...