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Scotland has shown the plasticity of national identities. A new version of Scottishness has been conjured up by the SNP in the past few years, framed by the modern independence project. Could Brexit do the same for England? Coffee House Does Brexit mean England can have Englishness...

With Britain preparing to rebuild trade links with its former empire post-Brexit, does it really need to apologise for its imperial past? Or could it take new pride in what it did to modernise and democratise the world? Britain's Empire was a matter for pride, not guilt - as we Indians...

A record number of competitors in the London Marathon were given a royal send-off as they started their gruelling 26.2 mile run. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were joined by Prince Harry to start the elite men's and mass races. The royal trio, who champion the race's official charity Head...

Britain went a full day without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, the National Grid says. The energy provider said Friday's lack of coal usage was a "watershed" moment. Britain's longest continuous energy period without coal until now was...

The gardens of Prince William and Kate Middleton are riddled with pathways carved to symoblically align with the solstices, researchers have discovered. The 300-year-old paths wind across Kensington Palace Garden's 265 acres of land. Physicists from Italy reexamined the complex networks of...

Just two years after the last general election Britain is to go to the polls in exactly seven weeks time today after Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called a surprise snap general election. Theresa May sprung the massive surprise on the nation and her own ministers on Tuesday by...

Here, Emma Levitt explores Henry's love of jousting and reveals how, denied the opportunity to prove his worth on the battlefield, Henry VIII chose to display his masculinity in the tiltyard, bedecked in shining armour and with lance in hand... How jousting made a man of Henry VIII...

The body of a medieval priest with a mysterious head injury has been discovered 700 years after he died in a grave at Thornton Abbey. Archaeologists from the University of Sheffield uncovered the coffin and skeleton at the abbey, which was founded as a monastery in 1139 and went onto...

Prince Harry has revealed he sought counselling after spending nearly 20 years "not thinking" about the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, he said it was not until his late 20s that he processed the grief - after two years of "total...

The remains of five Archbishops of Canterbury have been found beneath a medieval parish church next to Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury's official London residence. Builders renovating the Garden Museum, housed at the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, found a hidden crypt...

Today's world is full of terror, pain, poverty and despair, but those things should not be allowed to triumph, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. In his Easter message, the Most Reverend Justin Welby remembered the victims of the recent bombings at two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt...

A bronze ear thought to have broken off from a Roman statue has been unearthed 1,800 years after it was lost. The three-inch long fragment, which is among the oldest relics of its kind ever uncovered in Britain, was discovered by a metal detectorist in a field near Catterick, North...

Remainer newspaper The New European has been criticised by Skegness locals, including the MP, for a front page which appears to mock the area for voting Brexit. Using an image which has been accused of "exploiting" local mascot the Jolly Fisherman, the paper appeared to show Skegness in...

A newly discovered letter that has lain unread for over 600 years is forcing a rethink of a 14th Century prince with a controversial reputation... Was Edward the Black Prince really a nasty piece of work? 7 July 2014 Luke Foddy BBC News Magazine The Black Prince was the eldest son of King...

Scientists have found evidence of how ancient Britain separated from Europe in what they are dubbing "Brexit 1.0" - a flooding event that happened in two stages thousands of years ago. In research published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday, the scientists said they now have proof...

He is Britain’s most celebrated wartime leader, revered for guiding the country through the darkest days of the Second World War and on to victory. But a controversial new biopic of Winston Churchill has been condemned as a vicious character assassination – and a ‘hatchet job’ worthy...

The body of PC Keith Palmer, killed in the Westminster attack in March, is to be taken to the Palace of Westminster ahead of his funeral on Monday. Such an honour is rare and requires the consent of the Queen. His coffin will be taken to the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace...

A sophisticated Roman town once home to wealthy settlers has been discovered underneath Britain's longest road. Archaeologists found a treasure trove of objects including shoes, pens and ink and even coin factories at the ancient site. The 2,000-year-old town was found in North Yorkshire by...

"Significant" archaeological finds from the Roman town of Verulamium have been uncovered during gas main works in St Albans. Verulamium was the third largest city in Roman Britain and has been mapped by various excavations over the years. The new holes revealed the location of the corner of...

All I know is that what we have seen from the EU’s leaders in the months since Britain voted to leave the EU is a good reminder of why the country made that decision. Far from proving itself to be the open, liberal organisation it claims to be it has revealed itself to be a closed...