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Britain will celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday this summer with Pimm’s and PG Tips at the biggest street party the country has ever seen. The Patron’s Lunch is the highlight of a weekend of events paying tribute to the monarch’s life and achievements. She is said to be ‘really excited’...

Hundreds of years before the invention of radio or television, how did the Tudors occupy themselves of an evening, or during long winter nights? Melita Thomas, the editor of Tudor Times, investigates… Chess, gambling and cards: Tudor games and indoor pastimes...

English actor Alan Rickman has died from cancer aged 69. BREAKING NEWS: Actor Alan Rickman, 69, has died from cancer, his family has confirmed By Hugo Gye for MailOnline 14 January 2016 Daily Mail Hollywood actor Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69...

Sometimes we take for granted the wealth of history the UK has to offer. Being oblivious to what’s around us can mean missing out on the ruinous and elaborate, yet beautiful, castles hidden in plain sight on our doorstep. 16 extraordinary UK castles you need to visit Tiffany Daniels Tuesday...

BREAKING NEWS: Three dead and up to TWENTY missing after avalanche hit party of school children on French Alps ski-run Three people have been killed, including two pupils, after an avalanche struck a skiing resort in the French Alps, leaving three seriously injured and up to 20 others...

Wiltshire’s world-famous stones have been attracting sightseers for thousands of years. Here, Mike Pitts tells the tourists’ story... Stonehenge: a prehistoric tourist trap Wiltshire’s world-famous stones have been attracting sightseers for thousands of years. Here, Mike Pitts tells the...

A collection of board games spanning two centuries has gone on show. Almost 1,500 games dating from 1800 to 2000 have been donated to Oxford's Bodleian Libraries by collector and historian Richard Ballam. A selection of them are featuring in a display in the Weston Library. The exhibition -...

Millions of people whose identities and beliefs are unknown have been let into our continent. Many who have been here for a few years continue to present challenges which are by no means minimal. There seems to be a belief that so long as we have got Katie Hopkins, Donald Trump or Tommy...

Former Time Team star Dr Francis Pryor and BBC History Magazine's Charlotte Hodgman visit Flag Fen in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, a Bronze Age site that offers a unique insight into life in the Fens 3,500 years ago. History Explorer: Life in the Bronze Age...

The Arabic gang-rape 'Taharrush' phenomenon which sees women surrounded by groups of men in crowds and sexually assaulted... and, thanks to its leaders letting in countless thousands of lovely Muslims, it has now spread into Europe..... The Arabic gang-rape 'Taharrush' phenomenon which sees...

The 'Peterborough Pompeii' has been discovered in an extraordinary archaeological find in Cambridgeshire. It has been buried away and has been unearthed at the edge of Must Farm Quarry in Whittlesey. The dig, run by Cambridge University's Cambridge Archaeological Unit, reveals how people...

The world's oldest tea leaves have been discovered buried with royal treasures in the tomb of an ancient Chinese emperor who ruled more than 2,150 years ago. Unearthed in the tomb of Jing Emperor Liu Qi, the tea provides some of the earliest evidence for the ancient Silk Road trade...

David Bowie fans reacted with fury today after twisted Scottish nationalists celebrated the singer's death simply because he had asked Scotland to remain in the United Kingdom. The singer, who passed away yesterday after a secret 18-month battle with cancer, used his acceptance speech at...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today joined the Middletons and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the doomed First World War Gallipoli campaign, which saw 58,000 Allied troops lose their lives in their bloodiest battle on foreign soil. Kate...

Leading historians reveal how pivotal years in the lives of eight major figures – from Anne Boleyn to Josef Stalin – could have turned out better, if only they’d have resolved to change their ways... The New Year’s resolutions Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I and Josef Stalin should have made…...

Academics at Oxford University are using Voltaire and other historical defenders of free speech to mark the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris. Lecturers and students have translated essays about free speech and are publishing them as a free e-book. Caroline Warman...

From dragons to devil dogs, from fairies to vampires, history is full of tales of mysterious creatures that haunt the British Isles. Now, in her new book, Carolyne Larrington from the University of Oxford explores how such folktales are deeply embedded in the British landscape, and reveals how...

A campaign has been launched to name one of the four newly discovered elements in honour of dead Mötorhead rocker Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister. Fans are hoping Lemmy's name will live on, not only in their hearts, but also in the periodic table. Now that's a really heavy metal! Campaign is launched to...

An Indian schoolboy has become the first cricketer in history to score 1,000 runs in a single innings. Pranav Dhanawade, 15 and the son of a Mumbai (formerly Bombay) rickshaw driver, scored the extraordinary total in the Bhandari Cup, an under-16 inter-school event organised by the...

Apparently it's a crime for a man to ask a woman out for a date now in these misandrist, boy-bashing times we live in, as one of the world's top cricketers has found out. West Indies star Chris Gayle has been fined $10,000 for the "crime" of asking a Channel 10 news reporter out to dinner...