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Think of the Victorians as straight-laced and boring? Think again – nothing captured the imagination of 19th-century readers like the strange, macabre and bizarre... 6 strange newspaper stories that shocked Victorian Britain Think of the Victorians as straight-laced and boring? Think again –...

The Omen may have given significance to the dreaded number 666, but it's Friday 13th that's proving unlucky for Harvey Spencer Stephens, the former child actor who played Damien in classic horror film The Omen. Stephens will be sentenced today after admitting to two counts of actual bodily...

A "substantial" hoard of gold has been found hidden inside an old piano. The discovery was made in Shropshire before Christmas when its new owners had it retuned and repaired. Experts think the valuables might have been "deliberately hidden" in the instrument more than 100 years ago... Hoard...

Fifty years before Jack the Ripper terrorised London, another serial killer roamed the streets who was every bit as sadistic but even more calculating, it has emerged. Francois Courvosier, a Swiss gentleman servant who had emigrated to London, murdered two prostitutes, a watchmaker and a Lord...

A controversial plan for a road tunnel past Stonehenge has been finalised by the government. Campaigners claim the 1.8-mile dual-carriageway tunnel will cause "irreparable damage" to the landscape. However, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the plan will "transform" the A303...

It was discovered in the 1850s, but details on this rare ancient Egyptian treasure have remained a mystery to experts. Now, the 3,400-year-old fragmented wooden box has been pieced together by a museum in Scotland. Experts believe the treasure has royal associations to Pharaoh Amenhotep II...

Henry VIII has never been known as an austere king and his famous image as a round-bellied royal has shaped the public's view of the Tudor over the centuries. But a new study has revealed the true extent of his eye-watering spending, with the King shelling out nearly £6million a year on...

Thousands of Victorian jam jars and pickle pots have been discovered beneath a former nightclub during the building of Crossrail, it has emerged. The Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) found more than 13,000 pots in an old vault at the site of the new Elizabeth line station in Tottenham...

Thousands of Victorian jam jars and pickle pots have been discovered beneath a former nightclub during the building of Crossrail, it has emerged. The Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) found more than 13,000 pots in an old vault at the site of the new Elizabeth line station in Tottenham...

I feel genuinely sorry for the Remoaners. It must be a thoroughly miserable experience. First you lose a referendum that your Remain mates told you was in the bag. Then you spend months living in even greater misery: refusing to accept the result, droning on about the idiocy of your...

Clare Hollingworth, the veteran British war correspondent who broke the news that World War Two had started, has died in Hong Kong at the age of 105. Born in Leicester in 1911, Hollingworth broke the story of Germany's invasion of Poland in August 1939... Clare Hollingworth: British war...

These are the haunting images of squalor and poverty endured by the poor in Glasgow’s slums during the 19th Century that helped improve the living conditions in Victorian Britain. For over a decade, Thomas Annan shed light on what life was really like for the poor living in the Victorian...

Dr Robert Poole and Charlotte Hodgman visit Lancaster Castle in Lancashire, where one of the most famous, and sensational, witch trials in British history took place, in 1612... History explorer: the Pendle witches...

The World Cup will be expanded to host 48 teams, up from 32, Fifa has decided. An initial stage of 16 groups of three teams will precede a knockout stage for the remaining 32 when the change is made for the 2026 tournament, which wither Canada, USA or Mexico is likelyy to host or co-host...

Five of history's oldest flags all brought together for you to enjoy... Lowering the standard: five of history's oddest flags By Dean Nicholas Posted 12th April 2016 History Today From Benin to Sardinia to the North Caucasian Emirate: curious examples of the flag-maker's art. The Benin...

Contrary to the beliefs of the defeated and bitter Remoaners, Theresa May isn't muddled over Brexit. She just hasn't finished her post-Brexit plans yet... TREVOR KAVANAGH Tough Theresa May will beat tinpot tyrants and EU leaders will see it was a mistake to freeze her out at summit She is not...

A piece of fabric described as the Holy Grail of fashion history will become one of the star attractions at Hampton Court Palace after it was identified as the only surviving piece of clothing worn by Elizabeth I. The country’s leading experts on royal garments have spent the past year piecing...

A hoard of Neolithic pottery and flint tools, which lay buried for over 4,000 years, has been uncovered during works to lay a pipe in Fife. The find at Kincaple was made as engineers laid pipework to connect St Andrews University's green energy centre at Eden campus in Guardbridge with North...

What was life like on the streets of 18th-century London? Lucy Inglis, historian and creator of the award-winning Georgian London blog, reveals 10 everyday hazards faced by Londoners in the 1700s – from disease and cesspits to gin consumption… 10 dangers of Georgian London...

Fascinating early photographs of London 7 January 2017 The Telegraph From dancing bears to East End slums, these remarkable images – each at least a century old – reveal a London lost to time. In this photo, taken in 1914, a policeman stops the traffic and helps pedestrians cross the road...