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Accidental explosions were an ever-present threat in Tudor and Stuart London, as Stephen Porter explains... Accidental explosions: gunpowder in Tudor and Stuart London...

They were two powerful, ancient empires separated by more than 5,000 miles of imposing mountain ranges, barren desert and exposed steppe grasslands. Yet a collection of seemingly unremarkable bones discovered in a Roman cemetery in London has provided new insights into the links between...

Western civilisation does not have an official birthday. Not like Archbishop Ussher’s famous declaration that the creation of the world occurred in 4004 BC, on Saturday the 22nd of October, in the late evening. If the West had a birthday, though, it would probably be the 22nd of...

‘Brexiteer brings to mind buccaneer, pioneer, musketeer,’ says Michael Gove. ‘It lends a sense of panache and romance to the argument.’ For fellow Leave campaigner Daniel Hannan it had connotations of ‘dashing condottieri’. On the other side of the trenches Remain strategist Lord Cooper...

Project Fear lay in tatters last night after a string of major reports showed the British economy is prospering following the Brexit vote. In a damning assessment of the scaremongering by the Remain camp, the Office for National Statistics declared that there had been no post-referendum...

Archaeologists were left stunned when they uncovered a 2,000 year old shoe which has an uncanny resemblance to an Adidas Predator football boot. The small black shoe was discovered at a Roman fort in Northumberland. The distinctive ridges on the shoe's outer shell and curved space for laces...

When Theresa May addressed the United Nations in New York yesterday, she was able to point to a British way of handling the migrant crisis. Rather than reward those with the strength or money to make it to a western country, Britain has ploughed hundreds of millions of pounds into giving food...

WORK has begun on the UK-funded ‘Great Wall of Calais’ in a bid to keep out migrants trying to cross the border. Builders today started work on the 13ft concrete wall around the Jungle migrant camp in France. It will stretch for one kilometre along the main motorway to the port in northern...

Archaeologists believe they have found a lost Anglo-Saxon royal palace near one of Britain's best known finds. Archaeologists have been studying an area at Rendlesham in Suffolk, about four miles (6km) from the Sutton Hoo burial site. Faye Minter, project co-ordinator, said the remains of a...

The apparent weakness of the UK between the devil and the deep blue sea is, in fact, our greatest strength. The stricken EU needs us far more than we need it. It needs our trade. It needs our soft power and our military power, our security skills and our respected place at the world’s top...

MPs are to vacate the Houses of Parliament for at least six years to allow essential repairs to be carried out, it has been reported. The Palace of Westminster, a Unesco World Heritage site, is in need of extensive renovation because of its crumbling stonework, leaking roofs, and inadequate...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is on a six-day tour of North America at taxpayers' expense. He has already met with Justin Trudeau and has given his views on the US election. ‘It’s important for those of us who are foreigners to stay out of the US elections,’ he said. ‘I hope that the best...

A mysterious hole in the ground could be the 500-year-old kiln of a fearsome Tudor king famed for his lavish banquets. Archaeologists believe they have unearthed the kiln used in the construction of King Henry VIII's Palace of Beaulieu. Researchers were given the go-ahead for the excavation...

The Royal Yacht Britannia should be recommissioned and used to secure trade deals after the Brexit vote, dozens of MPs, former ministers and a senior former aide to the Queen say. The politicians back a campaign by the Telegraph and call for the return of the “incredible” vessel, which...

Nicolas Sarkozy, who is seeking to be French president for a second time, made a speech to businessmen in which he questioned the Warmists' belief than humanity is causing climate change. Blasphemer! String him up! Coffee House Sarkozy is sceptical about climate change? String him...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union early next year, according to a top EU official. European Council President Donald Tusk said Mrs May had told him the UK could be ready to begin talks by February. The BBC's Tom Bateman says...

Diane James has just been elected the new leader of Ukip at their party conference in Bournemouth. The MEP for South East England is a former businesswoman and healthcare professional and has been the party's home affairs spokeswoman. She received 8451 votes and saw off four other contenders...

There was no postal service in 15th century England. So how did letters arrive at their destination? How to send a letter in medieval England...

The Remainers' scare stories are falling by the wayside one by one. The latest Brexit scare story from the Remainers to have been blown apart is their claim that foreign investment into the UK will suffer and that major car manufacturers will pull out of the UK: Built in...

A "very unusual" Middle Bronze Age settlement has been found by archaeologists working along the route of Norwich's new northern bypass. Evidence has been unearthed in Horsford including artefacts such as pottery, flint and a complete spindle wheel. Oxford Archaeology East said the...