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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...

I once found a green bean in my tin of snake heads.

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...

A major search operation is under way to find three people missing after a building at Didcot Power Station collapsed and left one person dead yesterday. Rescuers using sniffer dogs have been at the Didcot A Power Station site in Oxfordshire since a major incident was declared. A rubble...

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister and leader of the pro-Scottish independence Scottish National Party (SNP), has said that should the British people vote to leave the EU in the referendum on 23rd June then it could spark another Scottish "independence" referendum, especially if most...

The site of the decisive follow-up to the Battle of Hastings has been discovered, it has been claimed. Best-selling author Nick Arnold said a field between Appledore and Northam, in Devon, played host to the bloody battle of 1069. Mr Arnold, who wrote the Horrible Science series of books...

Most of us are familiar with British history’s landmark events: the Roman invasion, the battle of Hastings, Magna Carta, the Reformation and so forth. But what about the overlooked, lesser-known moments? In his new book, Philip Laycock takes readers on a journey through Britain’s hidden...

The Royal Navy's most decorated pilot, Capt Eric "Winkle" Brown, has died at the age of 97. Capt Brown also held the world record for flying the greatest number of different types of aircraft - 487. During World War Two, Capt Brown, who was born in Leith in 1919, flew fighter aircraft and...

With 122 days to go until the EU in/out referendum on 23rd June, the OUTers have been given a massive boost today with London Mayor Boris Johnson joining their ranks. Johnson, who is also the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west London, is expected to confirm his decision in a...

Steeped in history, Britain’s palaces have been the backdrop to royal births, marriages and even murders. Here we round up 10 of the most remarkable... Britain's 10 best palaces...

American politicians are begging for Britain to stay in the EU, yet they themselves would never advocate America joining anything like it. For those Americans who want to know what it's like for the British being in the EU, it would be easier for them to imagine what life would be like for them...

Evidence of violent storms that destroyed a lost town known as Britain's Atlantis has been uncovered. The finds were uncovered off the coast of Dunwich, Suffolk - a small village which, in the 11th Century, was one of the largest towns in England. The town was hit by a succession of...

Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a tragic woman author Thomas Hardy used as the real-life inspiration for his classic novel Tess of the D'Urbevilles after he witnessed her execution. Martha Brown was publicly hanged outside Dorchester jail in Dorset for the murder...

After holding the first Saturday Cabinet meeting since the Falklands War, David Cameron has just announced that the EU in/out referendum, in which the British people will decide whether Britain should exit the EU or remain in it, will be held on Thursday 23 June... EU referendum: Cameron...