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English peasants in medieval times lived on a combination of meat stews, leafy vegetables and dairy products which scientists say was healthier than modern diets. Food...

Much has been made of the Brexit Party’s insurgency amongst people in Leave-voting communities, who have been subject to disparaging and patronising establishment contempt ever since they dared to vote the ‘wrong’ way in the EU referendum. But far less attention is given to the minority...

For centuries bones believed to be the remains of Anglo-Saxon and early Norman rulers and bishops have been kept in mortuary chests in Winchester Cathedral. Over the years the...

An "incredibly rare" Roman coin minted for an ill-fated emperor has been found during work to upgrade an A road. It depicts Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus, who reigned for about two months in...

In the wake of the death of Lord Toby Jug of the Monster Raving Loony Party, Quentin Letts argues that the REAL loonies are the more mainstream politicians and parties... QUENTIN LETTS Tories and Theresa May are the REAL Raving Loony Party — not Lord Toby Jug Lord...

An ancient Bronze Age canoe has been unearthed by archaeologists during the building of a new road. The...

A compelling new book recounts the life of King Henry VIII who reigned for almost 38 years. Tudor expert Robert Hutchinson considers if the Royal had Cushing’s syndrome... Fat and furious (but was it...

A second vote is ‘the best step’ and it will ‘strengthen our will to solve problems within the framework of democracy and law’. Who said this? The New European, perhaps? Chuka Umunna of Change UK? Perhaps it’s a tweet by the anti-Brexit former leftist Paul Mason...

Of course, we shouldn’t read too much into a set of good economic figures when they are so obviously down to stockpiling ahead of Brexit. If GDP rose by 0.5 per cent in the first three months of 2019 it was only thanks to all that condensed milk we have all stacked in the understairs...

The Remainers are at it again, showing their anti-democracy and free speech views. Former BBC presenter...

A piece of Stonehenge removed 60 years ago by a workman during restoration work has finally been returned to its rightful home in Britain after being kept as a souvenir in America for decades...

There is a tradition among boy bands that each troupe contains one member who serves no obvious purpose. He...

A royal burial site found between a pub and Aldi supermarket has been hailed as the UK's answer to Tutankhamun's tomb...

Archaeology and history enthusiasts are being encouraged to dig deep into the massacre of Glencoe. The slaughter happened in February 1692, when troops billeted with Clan MacDonald of...

So it’s acceptable now to assault electoral candidates? That’s the pretty scary take-home message from the Tommy Robinson ‘milkshaking’ incidents. Journalists and even politicians have been going wild for the bloke in Warrington who threw his milkshake in Robinson’s face yesterday as he...

A new poll contradicts the belief of liberals that the British public are a bunch of racist, "gammon" (itself a racist term) "Little Englanders"...

A toilet made from 18-carat gold will be plumbed in at Blenheim Palace this autumn - and visitors will be free to use it. The toilet, created by Italian contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan, will go on...

The grave of 'Elephant Man' Joseph Merrick has been found nearly 130 years after he died, his biographer has claimed. Merrick’s skeleton has been preserved in the Royal London Hospital since his death but Jo Vigor-Mungovin says she has tracked down where his soft tissue is buried to a cemetery...

The Roman conquest of Britain 2,000 years ago is one of the most important events recorded in history - but exactly where Julius Caesar landed, and the precise route he then took, has remained a mystery...

Every so often, an American colleague comes to visit our curators’ office at Hampton Court Palace, and at some point the conversation will always take exactly the same turn. “I can’t believe it,” says the visitor, who probably works at some Transatlantic museum or historic site. “In...