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Steven Gunn and Tomasz Gromelski, who are researching thousands of 16th-century coroner’s inquest reports, reveal why coming into contact with animals in Tudor times could have fatal consequences... Deadly beasts of Tudor England...

Richard Litttlejohn on Brussels' tentacles interfering in every aspect of our lives and some of the big stories of the week - more Elf N Safety madness; pathetic Labour MPs attacking David Cameron for saying "bunch of migrants" during PMQs; the pro-EU campaign group Britain Stronger in Europe...

Over the past few months, as the refugee crisis in Europe has spiralled out of control, the term Kindertransport (children’s transport) has been bandied about in a lazy and dishonest manner. Those who use it, including MPs, charity leaders and commentators, are trying to hijack the emotive...

As we know from the stupendous BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's epic novel, War And Peace, the Russians are very good at war, not so pie-hot when it comes to peace. Military parades, manoeuvres and a good scrap are what they like best - and as Simon Sebag Montefiore says in this panoramic study...

Finally, sanity prevails! After getting used to seeing, in recent years, certain institutions, celebrities, scientists and politicians cowardly backing down under the onslaught of the PC Twitterati after the PC Twitterati were "offended" by the un-PC actions or un-PC words of said certain...

Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he thinks MPs would agree to temporarily move out of Parliament while £4bn repairs are carried out on the dilapidated Palace of Westminster. But he said they should only agree to move if a temporary, "pop-up" Commons chamber is constructed nearby and...

The UK has been caught in a long tug-of-war about its identity, which will only become more intense as the EU referendum approaches. Where does the UK belong in the world? Is the strongest bond with major European economies like France and Germany? Or is there a stronger connection with...

A JCB driver who dug up over 3,000 rare Roman coins which he put in a carrier bag will be able to keep the cash despite colleagues claiming it was a team find. Mark Copsey, 44, was levelling a recreation ground for a hockey pitch when he spotted something in the soil. He found a...

Booker Prize-winning author Thomas Keneally speaks to Rob Attar about the early history of his home country, Australia, discussing the remarkable progress of Britain’s sunstruck dungeon at the end of the world... Convicts and colonisers: the early history of Australia Booker Prize-winning...

One of the world's rarest collection of stained glass windows has been restored to its former glory after 200 years. More than 400 colour panels dating back to the 16th century were carefully removed from the famous Lady Chapel at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire, and painstakingly cleaned...

A complete ban on on women wearing the veil should be introduced because it stops them from "smiling, waving and saying hello" in a very British way, a Tory MP has said. Philip Hollobone, the Conservative MP for Kettering in Northamptonshire, said it was "really, really sad" that Britain...

Hundreds of varieties of rare cider apples are being planted across England after being donated to the National Trust by a collector. The Netherton Late Blower, Slack-ma-Girdle and Billy Down Pippin are among the National Cider Collection grown in Tidnor Wood Orchard, Herefordshire...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's school report has revealed that the celebrated engineer's teachers 'had brilliant expectations of his future', but thought his Latin needed work. The previously unseen report was written for a 15-year-old Brunel in 1821 while he was studying at the Institute of...

The bodies of about 800 children aged under six have been unearthed by archaeologists ahead of the construction of a road in Lancashire. They were among 1,967 bodies exhumed at St Peter's Burial Ground, which opened in 1821 in Blackburn. The large number of children found is being put down...

Why a Brexit could be very good for Britain... What Brexit would look like for Britain Life outside the EU could be very good for us Daniel Hannan, a Conservative MEP for South East England 23 January 2016 The...

A friend of the Duke of Cambridge has died attempting to make a solo crossing of Antarctica to raise money for one of the Duke's charities. Kensington Palace announced that Henry Worsley, 55, died in hospital in Chile, where he had undergone surgery after falling ill with bacterial...

From 19th-century studies on animal disguises to fashionable khaki on today’s catwalks, camouflage has a long and varied history. Here, writer Jude Stewart investigates… A brief history of camouflage From 19th-century studies on animal disguises to fashionable khaki on today’s catwalks...

Three dead sperm whales found washed up on a beach in Lincolnshire are "believed to be from the same pod" as a whale which died at Hunstanton, Norfolk. HM Coastguard said two of the whales were found on a beach near Skegness at about 20:30 GMT on Saturday, while a third was discovered earlier...

Since its inception in 1956, what we now call the European Union has attempted to control events and, when that proves impossible, to ignore them. That strategy appears finally to have failed, to judge by the new panic over migration. That failure raises two questions: does the...

The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was one of the most mysterious and fascinating in history – and the inspiration for film adaptations of The Hobbit and last year’s acclaimed BBC Two series The Last Kingdom. But who were the Anglo-Saxons, and were they really as enigmatic as has been suggested...